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12 September 2026 · 1 min read

From ink to addresses: the family business since 1931

In 1931, two brothers started making writing ink. The company became Camlin. Four generations on, what the family builds has changed; the standard has not.

In 1931, D.P. Dandekar, a young chemistry graduate, and his elder brother G.P. Dandekar started a small business making writing ink. They called it Dandekar & Co. It became Camlin.

For the better part of a century, that name sat in the pencil boxes of Indian schoolchildren and on the desks of Indian offices. Generations of parents bought it without thinking twice, because it had never given them a reason to.

The same standard, a different craft

Dandekar Properties carries that inheritance into real estate. The product is different; the discipline is not. A home, like a trusted brand, is judged over decades, not at launch.

That is why we build slowly, speak plainly about carpet areas and registrations, and put our name on every gate. It has been the family business since 1931.

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