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'''Dwarkin''' formally known as '''Dwarkin & Son''', founded in 1875, was an Indian enterprise for the sale of Western and Indian musical instruments based in [[Kolkata]], and focused on the development of the [[hand-held harmonium]].

==History==
Dwarkin & Son was founded in 1875 by Dwarkanath Ghose as D. Ghosh and Sons at Lower [[Chitpur#Chitpur Road|Chitpur Road]] in Kolkata, mainly dealing piano tuning and repairing of musical instruments. Subsequently, it was renamed "Dwarkin" , the name as coined by composer and writer, [[Upendrakishore Ray]], combining the names of the founder and that of Thomas Dawkins, London, an instrument manufacturer from where the company imported musical instruments early on.<ref name="Livemint">{{cite web |url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/vGMw40HegRDZeKmaLkQu0N/1875-Dwarkin--Son--Soundclouding-centuries.html|author=Shamik Bag |title=1875 Dwarkin & Son|date= 13 August 2012|publisher=Livemint |access-date=2013-07-13}}</ref><ref name="Kinnear1994">{{cite book|author=Michael S. Kinnear|title=The Gramaphone Company's First Indian Recordings, 1899-1908|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DjL3WcQ2kEC&pg=PA36|access-date=13 July 2013|date=1 January 1994|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-728-9|pages=36–}}</ref><ref name="Ghose">{{cite web
|url=http://www.dwarkin.com/dwarkinaboutus.htm
|title=The Invention of Hand Harmonium
|access-date=2007-04-24
|publisher=Dwarkin & Sons (P) Ltd.
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409051040/http://dwarkin.com/dwarkinaboutus.htm
|archive-date=2007-04-09
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> [[Dwijendranath Tagore]] is credited with having used the imported instrument in 1860 in his private theatre, but it was probably a pedalled instrument which was cumbersome, or it was possibly some variation of the reed organ. Initially, it aroused curiosity but gradually people started playing it<ref name = "Banglapedia">{{cite book |last=Khan |first=Mobarak Hossain |year=2012 |chapter=Harmonium |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Harmonium |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> and Ghose took the initiative to modify it.<ref name = "Ghose"/>
in bihar #alamflute in #samastipur was founded on 1885 the first harmonium manufacturing enterprise was often to be missed in history of harmonium making.

==Harmonium==
[[File:harmonium.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Man playing a harmonium. He is pumping the bellows of the harmonium with one hand and playing the keys with the other.]]

==Music related activities==

==Successors==
<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.angelfire.com/music3/tabla/ghosh.htm
|title = Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh
|access-date = 2007-04-24
|publisher = angelfire.com
}} {{unreliable?|date=January 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.dial4trade.com/dwarkin-amp-son/ Dwarkin & Son, website]
{{Kolkata topics}}

[[Category:Bengali culture]]
[[Category:Indian brands]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1875]]
[[Category:Musical instrument manufacturing companies of India]]
[[Category:Indian musical instrument makers]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1875]]
[[Category:Retail companies established in 1875]]

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