Mohan Meakin

Mohan Meakin
Company typePublic limited
BSE: 590039
IndustryBeverages, food processing,
Founded1855 (Kasauli)
HeadquartersGhaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Key people
Hemant Mohan
ProductsAlcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic beverages, vinegars, cereals, glass bottles, malt extract
WebsiteMohan Meakin Limited

Mohan Meakin is a large group of companies which started with Asia's first brewery incorporated in 1855 (but established much earlier) by Edward Dyer (father of Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre) at Kasauli in the Himalayan Mountains in India under the name Dyer Breweries which also owns the Kasauli Brewery (India's first European style brewery still in operation) and Solan brewery (India's oldest brewery) and still produces the Lion beer (Asia'a first beer brand), Solan No. 1 (India's first malt whisky), Old Monk (iconic Indian rum), and Golden Eagle Whisky (in distinct eagle shaped bottle).