The
first time I heard the name Bathgate & Co. was when I asked my mother about
the dilapidated building that once housed my Kindergarten school. That was the
name originally associated with building, she said. Thus, my digging began. I
present to you here, information that I have gathered through countless hours
of internet trawling. Because, in spite of the fact that Bathgate & Co.
were Calcutta’s very first chemists, there is no book or website dedicated to
their history.
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| The root encrusted walls of Bathgate & Co's Ballygunge Dispensary |
