GD Pharmaceuticals is the happy outcome of the heady nationalistic wave that had engulfed all Indians during the pre-independence era. Its founder, Gourmohon Dutta, belonged to the rich merchant class of Calcutta. A practical patriot, he was convinced that the best way to help India was to contribute to her economic self-sufficiency. To actively do this, he decided to manufacture product of a quality equivalent to their foreign counterparts. It was a daunting task. Many dissuaded him against this venture. But Gourmohon Dutta followed his heart. With a glorious dream of free and self-sufficient India in his heart, he started manufacturing medicines. One of them would be the legendary green tube-Boroline. It had a humble beginning in his house in 1929. The celebrated journey had begun.