Arvind Mills, the flagship company of the Lalbhai Group, has existed since 1931. Half a century before, when the Indian economy opened up, Arvind Mills began laying the foundation to become a global enterprise. It manufactures a range of premium cotton shirting, world-class knits, bottomweights, and over 150 varieties of denim. 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... India has had robust economic growth since 1991 when the government reversed its socialist-inspired policy of a large public sector with extensive controls on the private sector and began to liberalize the economy. ... Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Part of a pair of denim blue jeans Denim closeup Denim, in American usage since the late 18th century, denotes a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two (twi_ double) or more warp fibers, producing the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric...