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GD Pharmaceuticals is the happy outcome of the heady nationalistic wave that had engulfed all Indians during the pre-independence era. Its founder, Gourmohon Dutta, belonged to the rich merchant class of Calcutta.A practical patriot, he was convinced that the best way to help India was to contribute to her economic self-sufficiency. To actively do this, he decided to manufacture product of a quality equivalent to their foreign counterparts.It was a daunting task. Many dissuaded him against this venture. But Gourmohon Dutta followed his heart. With a glorious dream of free and self-sufficient India in his heart, he started manufacturing medicines. One of them would be the legendary green tube-Boroline. It had a humble beginning in his house in 1929. The celebrated journey had begun.