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K.G. Khosla (KGK) is a renound Engineering industry brand in India, previously known for its Air & Gas compressors and now well established in the field of Diesel Generators, the company's assembly plant is based in Faridabad, Haryana.

K.G. Khosla group traces its history to the year 1945, when Mr. K.G. Khosla then a young and dynamic entrepreneur started trading in imported engineering goods. It was a humble start for the trading firm called K.G. Khosla & Co. which was operting out of Mr.Khosla personal residence, in which he had converted half of his bedroom into an office. The company was involved in trading activities till the year 1955, when it secured a major order from Indian railways for the supply of Air Compressors. It was from the commission earned out of this order that the firm bought a large chunk of land in the Industrial suburb of Delhi called Faridabad. This was the foundation of the first compressor manufacturing industry in India, the company went on to become one of the pioneers of the Air & Gas Compressor industry in Asia. The K.G. Khosla group had interests ranging from Compressors to large diesel gensets. The group also ran schools and hospitals due its involvement in philanthrophy.

In 1990 the flagship company of the group, K.G. Khosla Compressors Ltd., went through a major labour unrest and was locked out for a period of 9 months, it was only after some capital re-structuring that the company was re-started in 1991. The Khosla family was managing the company till 1995, when they sold their stake to another leading engineering house of western India. Now the group is involved in the assembly of Diesel generators in the range of 10-82.5 KvA powered by Escorts and TATA engines.