chain founded 1905 as the nilgiri dairy farm ltd. coonoor british india founder s. arumuga mudaliar headquarters whitefield bangalore corporate office key people muthusamy mudaliar chenniappan website http www.nilgiris1905.com nilgiris is a supermarket chain in south india . it is also one of the oldest supermarket chains in india with origins dating back to 1905 and hence its products are sold under the brand name of nilgiris 1905 . it also has a store brand and produces dairy baked goods chocolates and other products under the same name . history edit the origin of this supermarket chain can be traced back to arumuga mudaliar of erode district in tamil nadu who was a mail runner for the british in colonial india . arumugam muthusamy mudaliar carried letters and cheques for the british from coimbatore to the hill stations of ooty and coonoor . as he was flooded with requests to carry dairy products and other items he opened a small shop in 1905 after buying the butter business of an englishman in vannarpet and soon the nilgiri dairy farm ltd. was established . in 1936 he moved his shop to brigade road bangalore . the nilgiri dairy farm ltd. specialized in dairy dairy products bakery and chocolates . in 1962 nilgiris set up a specialized dairy plant in erode . this pasteurization plant was used to manufacture nilgiris store brand of dairy product . the produce was supplied to bangalore on a daily basis from erode . muthusamy s son chenniappan expanded the company by setting up a modest store in bangalore to sell nilgiris own brand of products . however after chenniappan s visit to the u.s. and europe he expanded the store into a larger supermarket . though chenniappan was influenced by the supermarket concept in the u.s. and europe he developed the nilgiris supermarket to fit in with the local culture and set guidelines for its growth . soon the nilgiris supermarket chain spread to erode coimbatore and chennai . in september october 2008 actis a uk based private equity investor invested us 65 million in the nilgiris group in order to strengthen the group s manufacturing and franchising operations in south india . this investment has given actis a controlling interest more than 51 % stake in the nilgiris group . on november 21 2014 future consumer enterprises ltd. acquired the 98 % from actis capital and other promoters . with that nilgiris is a fully owned subsidiary under future consumer enterprises ltd fcel which is a future group company . references edit kishore biyani eyes future scale in snapping up nilgiris for rs 300 cr http www.hinduonnet.com thehindu mp 2001 12 13 stories 2001121300030100.htm storehouse of values http www.sathguru.com note on retail industry.pdf http www.thehindubusinessline.com 2006 09 02 stories 2006090203850100.htm actis set to buy controlling stake http www.hinduonnet.com fline fl2305 stories 20060324002610000.htm aiding in good living retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nilgiris 1905 & oldid 729476938 categories supermarkets of india navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 july 2016 at 13 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view