Major Mergers and Acquisitions in India

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The document discusses major mergers and acquisitions that have occurred in India and provides lists of mergers and acquisitions along with the involved companies and years.

Some of the major mergers and acquisitions mentioned include Indus Towers-Bharti Infratel, Bank of Baroda-Vijaya Bank-Dena Bank, TATA Steel-ThyssenKrupp, Flipkart-Ebay India, Vodafone India-Idea Cellular.

Details provided about the mergers and acquisitions include the names of the companies involved, the years when they occurred, and some brief information about each case.

Major Mergers and Acquisitions in India

Mergers and Acquisitions form an important topic with regard to the General Awareness section for the
various ​Government Exams​ conducted in the country.

In this article, we bring to you the list of important Mergers and Acquisitions which happened in India
and questions from which may be asked in the upcoming competitive exams.

List of Mergers & Acquisitions in India


Given below is a list of the major mergers and acquisitions which were held in India along with the year
in which they took place.

List of Mergers in India

Mergers in India

S. Name of the First Company Name of the Company Merger Year in which it
No. with was Merged

1 Indus Towers Bharti Infratel 2020

2 National Institute of Miners’ ICMR - National Institute of 2019


Health (NIMH) Occupational Health (NIOH)

3 Indiabulls Housing Finance Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited (LVB) 2019


Limited (IBHFL) and Indiabulls
Commercial Credit Limited
(ICCL)

4 Bank of Baroda Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank 2019

5 IndusInd Bank Bharat Financial (SKS 2019


Microfinance)

6 Capital First IDFC Bank 2018

7 Vodafone India Idea Cellular 2018

8 TATA Steel ThyssenKrupp 2018

9 Housing.com PropTiger.com 2017


10 State Bank of India Bhartiya Mahila Bank, SB of 2017
Bikaner and Jaipur, SB of Patiala,
SB of Travancore

11 Flipkart E-bay India 2017

Refer to the links given below to strengthen your performance in the General Aawarness section in the
upcoming Government exams:

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Awareness for Bank Exams

List of Acquisitions in India

Acquisitions in India

S.No. Acquiring Company Acquired Company Year of


Acquisition

1 Zomato Uber Eats 2020

2 HUL GSK Consumer 2020

3 Hindalco Aleris 2020

4 Ebix Yatra 2020

5 Advent International Enamor 2019

6 LIC IDBI bank 2019

7 Accenture Droga5 2019

8 Reliance Brands Hamleys Global Holdings (HGHL) 2019

9 India UPL Ltd. Arysta LifeScience Inc 2019

10 Silverpush BetterButter 2019

11 Power Finance Corporation Rural Electrification Corporation 2019


Limited

12 OYO Rooms Europe's Leisure Group 2019

13 InMobi Roposo 2019


14 Publicis Groupe Epsilon 2019

15 Famous Innovations Three Bags Full 2019

16 Havas Group Shobiz 2019

17 Martin Sorrell's S4 Capital WhiteBalance 2019

18 Mortgage Lender HDFC Apollo Munich Health Insurance 2019

19 Disney 21st Century Fox 2019

20 Killer Jeans Desi Belle 2019

21 Bandhan Bank Gruh Finance 2019

22 Apple Intel's Smartphone Modem 2019

23 Teleperformance Intelenet Global Services 2018

24 Flipkart Liv.Ai 2018

25 Tata Steel Bhushan Steel 2018

26 PVR SPI (Sathyam, Escape, Pallazo) 2018

27 Walmart Flipkart 2018

28 Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd TitanX 2017

29 Bharti Airtel Tikona 2017

30 Freshdesk Pipemonk 2017

31 BYJU’S Vidyartha 2017

32 ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas HPCL(Hindustan Petroleum 2017


Corporation Ltd) Corporation Limited)

33 WNS Global Services Denali Sourcing Services 2017

34 Aurobindo Pharma Part of business from TL 2017


Biopharmaceutical AG of
Switzerland

35 Wipro Ltd InfoSERVER S.A. 2017

36 Bharti Airtel Telenor India 2017

37 Nuance Communications mCarbon Tech Innovations 2017

38 Axis Bank Freecharge 2017


39 Havells India Lloyd Electric’s Consumer 2017
Durable Business

40 Cyient Certon Software 2017

41 Dr. Reddy Laboratories Ltd Imperial Credit Private Ltd 2017

42 Cognizant Technology Brilliant Service Co. Ltd: 2017


Solutions

43 Piramal Enterprises business from Mallinckrodt LLC 2017

44 Tech Mahindra Ltd CJS Solutions 2017

45 Taro Pharma Canada’s Thallion 2017


Pharmaceuticals

46 WNS HealthHelp 2017

47 Cadila Healthcare Ltd Sentynl Therapeutics Inc 2015

48 Sony Corporation TEN Sports from Zee 2013

Candidates must keep themselves updated with any latest information which may come up with regard
to merger or acquisition of any major Indian Companies or Companies from Abroad and may be
brought in the limelight. Questions from the same may be asked in the examination.

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