Raja Bahadur Motilal Poona Mills

The Raja Bahadur Motilal Poona Mills Ltd. is the first industry founded by Pune in the private sector. It was founded in 1893 by the Raja Mukundlal Pittie, who named it after his father. His father had received the title of Raja Bahadur from the Nizam of Hyderabad, which is in the specific hierarchy among the (en)noble(d) Hindu retainers at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad. The mill was one of its kind and gave many locals employment and flourished until the late twentieth century. The Pittie family are prominent industrialists in Pune. The Mills reside in the heart of the city, near the Pune Railway Station.