In 1870, James Erskine founded the Bengal Iron Works at a place which is now known as Kulti. The local people used to call it Kendwa karkhana. The open top blast furnaces used raw coal, but there was no demand.
In 1870, James Erskine established the Bengal Iron Works at a location now known as Kulti. The local populace used to refer to it as Kendwa karkhana. The open-top blast furnaces employed raw coal but lacked demand.