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 founded the Bengal Iron Works at a location now called Kulti, previously known as Kendwa karkhana. The furnaces used raw coal but were not commercially successful until later.