Buckingham and Carnatic Mills, popularly known as B & C Mills, were textile mills run by Binny and Co. in the city of Chennai, India. The mills were closed down in 1996 and the site is now used as a container freight station and is a popular venue for film shootings. [1]
Messrs Binny & Co, one of the biggest private enterprises in the then city of Madras, set up a textile mill of its own, the Buckingham Mills in the wedge between Perambur, Vepery and Basin Bridge. [2] The company was registered on 17 August 1876 and started functioning in January 1878. [3] The Carnatic Mills were founded on 30 June 1881. [3] The two companies were merged in 1920. [3] Binny also started the Bangalore Woollen, Cotton and Silk Mills in 1884. [4] The mills functioned successfully till the 1970s when rot set in. [4] Running on heavy losses, the mills were finally closed in 1996. [1] [4]
India's first labour union, the Madras Labour Union (MLU) was formed at Buckingham and Carnatic Mills by B. P. Wadia and V. Kalyanasundaram Mudaliar on 27 April 1918. [5]
Buckingham and Carnatic Mills, popularly known as B & C Mills, were textile mills run by Binny and Co. in the city of Chennai, India. The mills were closed down in 1996 and the site is now used as a container freight station and is a popular venue for film shootings. [1]
Messrs Binny & Co, one of the biggest private enterprises in the then city of Madras, set up a textile mill of its own, the Buckingham Mills in the wedge between Perambur, Vepery and Basin Bridge. [2] The company was registered on 17 August 1876 and started functioning in January 1878. [3] The Carnatic Mills were founded on 30 June 1881. [3] The two companies were merged in 1920. [3] Binny also started the Bangalore Woollen, Cotton and Silk Mills in 1884. [4] The mills functioned successfully till the 1970s when rot set in. [4] Running on heavy losses, the mills were finally closed in 1996. [1] [4]
India's first labour union, the Madras Labour Union (MLU) was formed at Buckingham and Carnatic Mills by B. P. Wadia and V. Kalyanasundaram Mudaliar on 27 April 1918. [5]