It made a humble beginning in 1936, when the Somany's were stockbrokers in Calcutta. But a few years later in 1944, their entrepreneurial spirit led to the setting up of Somany Glass Works. Then on the back of this successful venture they set up Hindustan Glass Works in 1952. India's first fully automated, state of the art glass manufacturing unit.It was set up in 1962 in collaboration with Twyfords of UK. In India, it soon pioneered Vitreous China Sanitary Ware and gave the concept of sanitary ware a new meaning.