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Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(BCPL), formerly known as Bengal Chemical & Pharmaceutical Works Ltd., was established on April 12, 1901, by eminent scientist & entrepreneur Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray which is the first Chemical & Pharmaceutical Company in India. From humble beginning with one factory at Maniktala (Kolkata) in 1905, three more factories were established-one at Panihati (North 24 Parganas District of West Bengal, India) in 1920, one in Mumbai (Maharastra State, India) in 1938 and one in Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh State, India). In 1949 the company had formed its Registered Office at 6, Ganesh Chunder Avenue, Kolkata (previously Calcutta), West Bengal State, India. Besides, the company was having 11 sales outlets and 10 C&F (clearing and forwarding) agencies spreaded all over India. In the initial stage the company started manufacturing quality Chemicals, Drugs, Pharmaceuticals and Home Products, employing indigenous research & development (R&D), skill and raw materials. In very recent time with the emergence of Covid-19 in India, Bengal Chemicals is possibly the only company from eastern part of India having the capacity (10 lacs tablets) to produce hydroxy-chloroquine (HCQ), a drug which has been recommended by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for healthcare professionals involved in the care of suspected or confirmed Covid-19 cases and the asymptomatic household contacts of lab-confirmed cases as a preventive treatment measure.