Indian Coffee House
Serving Since 1950
History of the society
Co-operative movement in world is more than 100 years old and it has a long history in India. The Co-operative movement has spread to various sectors and one of the latest fields is the consumer movement. But its growth was wonderful. The Government of India established Coffee Board in early 1940s, during British rule in India, with a view to propagate drinking of coffee, and sale of coffee seeds. In furtherance of this object coffee Board established India Coffee Houses in various Cities in India. As the India Coffee Houses belong to the Coffee Board were running in loss, the Board closed most of its branches and retrenched the employees.
ICHD Mission
Shri. A.K.Gopalan and Mrs. Subhadra Joshi persuaded the workers to form Co-operative Societies. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, then prime Minister of India also very much supported in the Formation of the Co-operative Societies in India. Accordingly, the retrenched Class IV Employees by the Coffee Board, formed 13 separate Co-operative Societies in different States of India and renamed the network as “ INDIAN COFFEE HOUSE ”. The first Indian Coffee House (Restaurant) was opened in New Delhi on October 27, 1957.
