Hemendra Mohan Bose (Bengali: হেমেন্দ্রমোহন বসু) (1864 – 28 August 1916) was an Indian entrepreneur, manufacturer of Kuntalin hair oil and Delkhosh brand of perfume.
After the initial success, he added hair oil and other toiletries like lavender water, Eau de Cologne, milk of rose etc.
[1] He also set up a new manufacturing unit at 6 Shib Narayan Das Lane in Kolkata.
A short story written by Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was the first recipient of the Kuntalin Puraskar.
Later Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's first printed publication Mandira won the Kuntalin Puraskar.
[7] He was the proprietor of the first Indian owned automobile distributor in Calcutta, The Great Eastern Motor Company, and employed a British manager.
He also set up a repairing unit, the Great Eastern Motor Works in Park Street.
[1] In 1900, Bose began to make sound recordings privately,[8] after he had acquired an Edison phonograph.