Important Days

Ordnance Factories Day 2025 - March 18

March 21 , 2025 14 hrs 0 min 70 0

This day honours the establishment of the inaugural Ordnance Factory in the colonial India close to Kolkata in 1801.
India’s oldest Ordnance Factory, located in Cossipore, Kolkata, began on March 18, 1802.
In 1787, a gunpowder factory was established at Ishapore, which started its production from 1791.
In 1842, the Field Gun Factory was set up in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
In 1904, the Small Arms Factory was established in Ishapore.