Meet the father-son duo leading Bikano and taking it beyond India, know how the Aggarwals started the offshoot of Bikanervala

financialexpress.com:

In the hustle-bustle of Chandni Chowk, there is a shop serving Indian snacks and sweets packed with love and flavours from its roots back in Bikaner. The Aggarwals of Bikaner in 1905, started an entrepreneurial dream with a modest shop tucked away in Rajasthan with the name Bikaner Namkeen Bhandar. In 1950, the Aggarwal sibkings moved to Delhi with dreams in their eyes to expand their empire, at present this small local business has become a favourite of every Indian and has expanded its sweet and savoury establishment throughout the country. As the country evolved, so did this business and in 1988, Shyam Sundar Aggarwal launched Bikano, an offshoot of Bikanervala, to sell products in air-tight packaging for Indians to keep in their home and enjoy them whenever they want to.

The history goes back to the time when India was fighting for its freedom, there used to be a modest, inconspicuous sweet shop called Bikaner Namkeen Bhandar on the streets of Bikaner, Rajasthan. It was 1905, when Lal Chand Aggarwal and his sons owned and ran the store. They had no idea that their modest endeavour would one day grow into a vast empire and have a lasting impact on Indians.

In the 1950s as the country was celebrating its Independence from British rule, two ambitious brothers, Satyanarayan Aggarwal and Kedarnath Aggarwal, chose to expand the legacy of their ancestors. They left their hometown of Bikaner and headed for Delhi with dreams in their eyes to expand their empire and unbreakable will.

As strangers in the new city, the brothers took it a while to carve their niche in the business. They started by selling their snacks on the streets of the country’s capital. As years passed by, people started noticing the brand leading the