Godrej Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, which is managed and largely owned by the Godrej family. It was founded by Ardeshir Godrej and Pirojsha Burjorji Godrej in 1897, and operates in sectors including real estate, consumer products, industrial engineering, appliances, furniture, security and agricultural products. Its subsidiaries and affiliated companies include Godrej Industries and its subsidiaries Godrej Consumer Products, Godrej Agrovet, and Godrej Properties, as well as the private holding company Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.; Timeline 1897: Godrej was established in 1897 1897: Godrej introduced the first lock with lever technology in India. 1902: Godrej makes its first Indian Safe 1918: Godrej Soaps Limited incorporated 1920: Godrej made soap using vegetable oil, which was a huge hit with the vegetarian community in India 1955: Godrej produced India's first indigenous typewriter 1961: Godrej Started Manufacturing Forklift Trucks in India 1971: Godrej Agrovet Limited began as an Animal Feeds division of Godrej Soaps 1974: Veg oils division in Wadala, Mumbai acquired 1988: Godrej Properties Limited, another subsidiary, established 1989: Godrej became the first Indian company to introduce PUF (polyurethane foam) 1991: Foods business started 1994: Transelektra Domestic Products acquired 1995: Transelektra forged a strategic alliance with Sara Lee USA 1999: Transelektra renamed Godrej Sara Lee Limited and incorporated Godrej Infotech Ltd. 2001: Godrej Consumer Products was formed as a result of the demerger of Godrej Soaps Limited. Godrej Soaps renamed Godrej Industries Limited 2002: Godrej Tea Limited set up 2003: Entered the BPO solutions and services space with Godrej Global Solutions Limited 2004: Godrej HiCare Limited set up to provide a Safe Healthy Environment to customers by providing professional pest management services 2006: Foods business was merged with Godrej Tea and Godrej Tea renamed Godrej Beverages & Foods Limited 2007: Godrej Beverages & Foods Limited formed a JV with The Hershey Company of North America and the company was renamed Godrej Hershey Foods & Beverages Limited 2008: Godrej relaunched itself with new colourful logo and a fresh identity music 2010: Godrej launched GoJiyo a free, browser based 3D virtual world 2011: Godrej & Boyce shuts down its typewriter manufacturing plant, the last in the world. 2014: Godrej kick-starts Masterbrand 2.0 – bigger & brighter; Launches FreeG; India's first non-web based mobile browsing experience, 18 November 2014 2020: The Godrej Group enters into financial services business with Godrej Housing Finance (GHF) to provide affordable Home loans Operations