Hyderabad Deccan Cigarette Factory

[3] In 1930, Janab Mohammad Abdus Sattar, after leaving Vazir Sultan Tobacco Company, established the factory at Musheerabad.

She married Nawab Shah Alam Khan who joined the business in 1946 and ran it till his death in 2017.

[4][5] The factory in its present form as a privately held company was incorporated in September 1972.

[6] Since 1980s, the company has been a contract manufacturer of cigarettes for ITC Limited.

Due to low sales, the company has been trying to diversify into other business areas such as real estate.