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| founded = {{Start date and age|1844}} in [[London]]
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| hq_location_country = [[India]] (since 1967)<ref name=ectimes/>
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| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Bina Modi (President & MD)<br>Bhisham Wadhera (CEO)
| products = [[Cigarette]]s, [[Tobacco|Tobacco leaf]], [[Candy|Candies]], [[Chewing gum]]
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*Cavanders
*Four Square
*[[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]]
*Red & White
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'''Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. (GPI)''' is a [[tobacco]] manufacturer headquartered in [[India]]. The firm was originally established in [[London]] in 1844. GPI was one of the first [[United Kingdom|UK]] companies to mass-produce [[cigarette]]s, apart from being one of the founding companies of [[Imperial Brands|Imperial Tobacco]] along with [[John Player & Sons]].

GPI manufactures and sells [[cigarette]]s, smoking tobacco and cigars,<ref name="ectimes">[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/godfrey-philips-india-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-13707.cms Godfrey Phillips India History] on Economic Times.com</ref> apart from having a non-tobacco line of products released in 2009 that include [[confectionery]].<ref>[https://www.godfreyphillips.com/non-tobacco-products GFI non-tobacco products]</ref> GPI is the flagship company of [[Modi Group|Modi Enterprises]],<ref name=about>[https://godfreyphillipsinternational.com/about-us/ About us] on Godfrey Company website</ref> one of the largest cigarette manufacturers.

The company has an annual turnover of approximately 7200 crores, according to the 2018-19 estimate. The company also has business interests in pan masala, chewing and confectionery products. Godfrey Phillips India recently launched Pan Vilas pan masala for the Indian market. Additionally, the company also manufactures and distributes [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] in India under a license agreement with Philip Morris.

==History==
The house of Godfrey Phillips was established in 1844 at Bevis Marks in Aldgate, London, by cigar manufacturer Godfrey Phillips, who was the eldest son of Henry Phillips, born in the country fields outside London in October 1826.<ref name="ReferenceA">‘G.P.‘ Enters Its Hundredth Year, By Arthur I. Phillips, Chairman and Managing Director, published in the journal "Tobacco" in 1940</ref> When his sons were old enough and working in the business, the firm's name was changed to Godfrey Phillips & Sons, Ltd.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

On 21 August 1900<ref>GRO death certificate</ref> Godfrey Phillips died and in 1908 the partnership was sold, and Godfrey Phillips, Limited, was formed. The first directors were the partners- Joseph Phillips, chairman, Philip Phillips, David Phillips, Spencer Phillips and Arthur Phillips. Later, the business was listed on the London Stock Exchange as Godfrey Phillips Plc.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

In 1936, Godfrey Phillips (India), Limited, was created; the attractive building of native-style architecture was devoted to the manufacture of the group's brands Cavander's, De Reszke and Greys.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

In 1967, Godfrey Phillips Ltd. of London made an arrangement with International Tobacco Co. who opened a factory in Northern India to manufacture on the company's behalf. Upon the merger of D. Macropolo & Co. Ltd., with the company, International Tobacco Co. Ltd. became a subsidiary of it.<ref name=ectimes/>

In 1968, [[Philip Morris Inc.]] made a take-over bid for Godfrey Phillips Plc and the family shareholders were unable to prevent the company being sold.

Godfrey Phillips India's operations primarily span the country with prominence in northern and western part of the country. GPI has three manufacturing facilities spread across the country - at Rabale (Mumbai) and two units in Ghaziabad (near [[Delhi]]). They also have a state-of-the-art R&D centre in Mumbai and a food R&D in Ghaziabad, and a tobacco-buying unit in Guntur (Andhra Pradesh).

Godfrey Phillips India has an expansive International Business Division, that caters to all of GPI's product categories in International Markets. IBD has business associations with various players in international tobacco industry to export its own cigarette brands, cut & blended tobacco, tobacco leaf and providing technical services and contract manufacturing. Many countries from the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and Latin America are a part of its portfolio.

==Brands and products==
GPI manufactures a variety of products related to tobacco through its subsidiary brands. Godfrey Phillips India also manufactures and distributes iconic cigarette brand [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] under a license agreement with [[Philip Morris International|Philip Morris International Inc]]. Likewise, the company also has a non-tobacco range of products. They are detailed below:<ref>[https://www.godfreyphillips.com/cigarettes]</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" width="500px" "font-size:100%"
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! width=100px| Product
! width=400px| Brand/s
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| [[Cigarette]]s || Cavanders, Four Square, [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] (owned by [[Philip Morris International|Philip Morris]]), Red & White, Stellar, North Pole, Tipper
|-
| [[Tobacco|Tobacco leaf]] || – {{refn|GPI is tobacco provider of companies such as Philip Morris, ITG, JTI, Eastern Co., European Tobacco, Libyan Tobacco Company and RNTA.|group=note|name=leaf}}
|-
| [[Candy|Candies]] || Funda Goli
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| [[Paan|Pan masala]] || Pan Vilas
|-
|[[Vaporizer (inhalation device)|Vapes]]
|Verge
|}

;Notes
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==Trading cards==
Godfrey Phillips Ltd. also produced a large variety of [[cigarette card]]s to advertise their products, with several topics such as film actresses, animals, aircraft, famous people from history, among others. The first cards set was launched in 1904 and featured anonymous [[pin-up]] girls.<ref name=dumbar>[https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/dumbarton-oaks-archives/collections/ephemera/names/godfrey-phillips Godfrey Phillips, Ltd.] on Dumbarton Oaks website</ref>

In the 1920s, the company took advantage of the rise popularity of [[association football trading card]]s in those times, releasing football collections in 1920, 1922 and 1923. Godfrey Phillips Ltd. issued a series of 1,100 football cards of the first collection, followed by 2,462 in 1922 and 940 in 1923.<ref name=sparta/>

Nevertheless, the outbreak of the [[World War II]] caused a severe shortage of paper, and tobacco companies were forced to bring an end to the production of cigarette cards.<ref name=sparta>[https://spartacus-educational.com/Fcigarette.htm The History of Football Cigarette Cards] by John Simkin, on Spartacus Educational, September 1997</ref>

<center>'''Godfrey Phillips cigarette cards'''</center>
<gallery widths=110px>
File:Soldier corporal mayor card.jpg|Corporal Mayor, "Types of British Soldiers", 1900
File:Godfrey card marsh.jpg|[[Marian Marsh]], "Film Favorites", 1934
File:Great northern railw card.jpg|[[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]] locomotive, 1934
File:Chip off godfrey card.jpg|Dogs, "Animals" series, 1935
File:Davinci godfrey card.jpg|[[Leonardo da Vinci]], "Famous Minors" series, 1936
File:Phillips card boyes.jpg|[[Walter Boyes]] of [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich]], 1936
File:Godfrey phillips colbert cleopatra.jpg|[[Claudette Colbert]] as Cleopatra, 1938
</gallery>

==See also==

* [[Modi Group|Modi Enterprises]]
* [[Association football trading card]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081205/jsp/frontpage/story_10209641.jsp Cigarette war in Calcutta – Godfrey Phillips alleges mop-up by rival distributors], ''The Telegraph''
* [http://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/cigarettes-firms-slip-on-cess-hike-speculations-itc-down-3-117071700219_1.html GST Effect - Cigarettes firms slip on cess hike speculations]

{{Modi Enterprises}}
{{Sports cards}}
{{Non-sports trading cards}}

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[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Delhi]]
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[[Category:Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange]]
[[Category:Modi Enterprises]]

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