In its heyday, Mohini Mill was recognised as the largest cloth mill in the whole of Asia.
The mill can be reached from Kushtia town by rickshaw, a journey of about 15 minutes. One of Kushtia's most famous personalities, Mohini Mohan Chakrabarty, founded this cloth mill in 1908 under the name Kushtia Mohini Mills and Company Limited. In its day the output of this mill was of far higher quality than that of the other textile mills of the time, and over the years it became one of the finest cloth mills in the country.
When in operation, Mohini Mill was recognised as the largest cloth mill in the whole of Asia.
The mill began production with just eight looms. Mohini Mill later expanded its reach, and its workforce rose to nearly three thousand. Mohini Mill's sarees and dhotis won popularity across Bengal. This mill stands as one of the memorials to Mohini Mohan Chakrabarty's social service and employment schemes. After his death, for a variety of reasons the mill began to incur huge losses every year. Finally, in 1982 Mohini Mill was listed as bankrupt. It was then bought from the government by Mr Nazrul Islam, owner of Messrs Afsar Group Industries, and from 25 September 1984 it was renamed Shah Mazdum Textile Mills Limited. After some time it too was declared closed.
Today the mill lies abandoned, on the verge of turning into dilapidated ruins. Apart from a few wrecked machines and derelict, unstable buildings, nothing else remains.
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