Haldiram's is one of India's largest sweets

Indian sweets

South Asian Sweets are a unique type of confectionary in Indian, Pakistani and other South Asian cuisines. The Hindi-Urdu word used to refer to sweets and confectionary is mithai. South Asian sweets are made with sugar, milk and condensed milk, and cooked by frying. The bases of the sweets and...

 and snacks manufacturers, based in Nagpur

Nagpur

Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

 And now in many City, India

India

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History

It was founded in 1937 by Shivkisan Agrawal, as retail sweets and namkeens shop in Bikaner, Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Products

Indian Sweets, Namkeens (Savories), Salted Snacks, Papad, Snacks, Pellets, Vermicelli, Pasta & other ready to eat snacks, are sold under the brandnames Haldiram's.

Haldiram's products are exported to several countries worldwide including Pakistan

Pakistan

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, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

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 Canada

Canada

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, Australia

Australia

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, Srilanka, Singapore

Singapore

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, Malaysia, South Africa

South Africa

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, Indonesia

Indonesia

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, Qatar

Qatar

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, Hong Kong

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, Japan

Japan

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, Kenya

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, Libya

Libya

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, South Korea

South Korea

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, Nigeria

Nigeria

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, Mauritius

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, United Arab Emirates

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, Zambia

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 and Bahrain

Bahrain

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. Their products are frequently sold in U.S. supermarkets in the foreign foods/import section.

In additional to these packaged products, Haldiram has its own outlets where it sells sweets and eatables. It also has a range of restaurants in and around Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

 and the National Capital Region

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 (NCR).

Raj Kachori is one of the most popular snacks sold by Haldiram's, often eaten mixed with different kinds of sweet and sour chutneys.

Other products also include bhujia, dal mixtures, plain mixtures, available in all salty, sweet and spicy varieties.

Haldiram's products in Delhi and the NCR are sold under the brand name of "Haldiram", which is the original Haldiram family. Products in the Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 region are sold under the brand name of "Haldiram's Prabhuji" or "Haldiram Bhujiawala" while products in the Nagpur

Nagpur

Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

region are sold under the brand name of

Organisation memberships

Haldiram's is a member of the following food associations from India and abroad:

• APEDA (Agriculture and Processed food Products Exports Development Association) India
• ITPO India Trade Promotion Organization (Application submitted)
• Snack Food Association|SFA (Snack Food Association)
• ESA (European Snacks Association)