Bombay Radio Company

The Bombay Radio Company was based at 73-75 Marine Lines, opposite Marine Lines Station, Queen’s Road, Bombay, India. It was incorporated on 2 December 1926 and was controlled by Abdulla Fazelbhoy and Sons.

In January 1928 Wireless World confirms that they were the Indian distributors for A J Stevens and Co, manufacturers of radio receivers.

In February 1932, the Kinematograph Weekly reported in their editorial:

A FAZALBHOY, of Bombay Radio Co., a firm interested in projectors, sound-recording and reproducing equipments, is visiting England for the British Industries Fair, a letter from the company informs me. I have his London address should anyone wish to get in touch with him.

Mr Fazalbhoy arrived in June, and the paper reported:

The managing director of Bombay Radio Co., Ltd., A. Fazalbhoy, who is paying a business visit to this country, has arranged his trip to coincide with the C.E.A. Exhibition. His company holds the exclusive agency in India for B.T.-H. [British Thompson-Houston], and has secured a number of orders for B.T.-H. equipment in India.

Perhaps it was here that Mr Fazalbhoy learned of automatic teamakers and decided to bring one to India.

International Photographer January 1935 records that they were Indian agents for the Mitchell Camera Corporation. In 1936 The Film Daily lists them as agents for British Acoustics, with whom they collaborated on a scheme to make 16mm film into the national standard in India.