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title: "Companies incorporated in India in 1873"
description: "4 companies were incorporated in 1873, of which 4 (100%) are currently active."
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data_source: "MCA master data — Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India"
last_updated: 2026-04-16T11:09:31.128Z
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# Companies incorporated in India in 1873

4 companies were incorporated in 1873. 153 years on, this cohort represents an established tier of the Indian corporate register. 4 of those companies (100%) are currently marked as active on MCA records. The remaining 0 have since been struck off, dissolved, amalgamated, or placed in other non-active states — a natural attrition pattern visible across every annual cohort on the MCA register. The 1873 cohort was most heavily weighted toward Mining and Quarrying, Trading, Trading — these were the NIC industry codes that captured the largest share of new incorporations that year. Geographically, Maharashtra, West Bengal contributed the highest number of incorporations in 1873, reflecting the concentration of India's corporate formation activity in its major commercial states.

## Headline figures

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Total incorporations | 4 |
| Currently active | 4 |
| Survival rate | 100% |

## Monthly breakdown — 1873

| Month | Incorporations | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| May | 1 | 25.0% |
| October | 1 | 25.0% |
| November | 1 | 25.0% |
| December | 1 | 25.0% |

## Top states by incorporations

| State | Companies | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Maharashtra | 3 | 75.0% |
| West Bengal | 1 | 25.0% |

## Top industries by NIC code

| Industry | NIC code | Companies |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mining and Quarrying | 10200 | 1 |
| Trading | 51100 | 1 |
| Trading | 51311 | 1 |
| Community, personal and Social Services | 99999 | 1 |

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_Data source: MCA master data (Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India)._