The first ordnance factory for manufacture of guns and shells was set up at Cossipore near Kolkata. There were18 ordnance factories at the time of independence. Now there are 39 factories. Two more factories are coming up.
Ordnance Factory Board
www.ofbindia.gov.in
Source: Special supplement on Ordnance factory day, 18 March, 2013, Times of India
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