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'''Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry''', established on 2 February 1887, is one of the oldest association of business organizations based in [[Kolkata]], West Bengal. It was organized originally during the days of the British Raj to promote trade, commerce, and industry by Indian entrepreneurs and its history is closely interwoven with India’s struggle for independence<ref name=a>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bncci.com/aboutchamber.html |title=Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry |access-date=26 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413083410/http://www.bncci.com/aboutchamber.html |archive-date=13 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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The founder members, were mostly the elite [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[zamindar]]s and entrepreneurs and later the [[Marwari people|Marwari]], [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] entrepreneurs from Bengal also joined the association.<ref name="Birla2008">{{cite book|author=Ritu Birla|title=Stages of Capital: Law, Culture, and Market Governance in Late Colonial India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KFKQm0p5XoQC&pg=PA193|date=24 December 2008|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-9247-X|page=193}}</ref> The first president in 1887 was Rai Buddree Das Mukkim Bahadur. The other notable members and presidents were, Raja Sew Bux Bagla, [[Manindra Chandra Nandy|Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy]] of [[Cossimbazar|Cossimbazar Raj]] family, [[Nalini Ranjan Sarkar]], [[Amritlal Ojha]].<ref name="Industry1981">{{cite book|author=Bengal National Chamber of Commerce & Industry|title=Report of the Committee for the Year ... with Statement of Accounts and Balance Sheet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0wksAAAAIAAJ|year=1981|publisher=The Chamber|pages=129–35}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bncci.com/pastpresidents.html |title=BNCCI - past presidents |access-date=26 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304021609/http://www.bncci.com/pastpresidents.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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BNCCI organises Industrial India Trade Fair at Kolkata in association with [[India Trade Promotion Organisation]].<ref>[http://indiatradefair.org/ ITF]</ref><br />
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