Calendar wise, turning 100 & growing strong

IN 1920, the then dewan of Mysuru Sir M Visvesvaraya, who visited the Sindh province (now in Pakistan), was overwhelmed after seeing the calendars with public holidays printed there by Britishers.

- ASHWINI M SRIPAD

The next year, Sir Visvesvaraya started printing such calendars in Kannada at The Bangalore Press founded by him in 1916 in the erstwhile Mysuru province.

It is not just one of the oldest printing presses, but also one of the oldest companies in India, which has completed 100 years of its existence.

On an average, the publisher year. They include wall-mounted desktop, and pocket calendars. The press has launched e-calendars with over six lakh downloads across the globe.