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- Tilaknagar Industries Ltd Tilaknagar Industries Ltd manufactures and sells Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and extra neutral alcohol in India. The company offers a diverse portfolio of brands across brandy, whisky, rum, gin, and flandy categories, including Mansion House French Brandy, the largest-selling brandy in India and second-largest globally; Courrier Napoleon Brandy variants such as Green, Red, and Finest Pure Grape French Brandy; Mansion House Chambers Brandy and Monarch Legacy Edition brandy; Mansion House Cherry, Peach, Orange, Green Apple, and Lemon Flandy; Mansion House Gold Barrel Whisky; Madiraa Gold Dark XXX Rum; and Blue Lagoon Gin variants including Orange, Lemon, and plain. It operates one owned distillery facility with 100 KLPD molasses-based and 100 KLPD grain-based distillation plants plus an IMFL bottling plant in Shrirampur, Maharashtra, alongside three operating liquor subsidiaries and 12 to 15 leased or tie-up units across India; exports reach East and South-East Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Founded in 1933 by Shri Mahadev L Dahanukar as The Maharashtra Sugar Mills Ltd and later renamed under the influence of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the company maintains headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Recent developments include the Competition Commission of India's approval in October 2025 for its acquisition of Pernod Ricard India Private Limited's Imperial Brands business, encompassing Imperial Blue whisky production, bottling, marketing, and sales for approximately Rs 4,150 crore, marking the largest domestic deal in India's alcoholic beverages sector and expanding its whisky presence nationwide; in November 2025, it launched Seven Islands Pure Malt Whisky at Rs 5,200 per 750ml bottle, entering the premium whisky market; preferential allotments occurred, including 377.15 million shares on November 20, 2025, raising Rs 1,080.53 crore, and further ESOP allotments to promoters and employees.