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Kainchi manufacturer or kanchi khana small scale industry in India. Scissors like you've never seen before! Just look at the shapes and sizes of the scissors on display. Scissors have never been more interesting than this! A display of scissors and more scissors all locally made in Meerut inside Madan Scissors. This shop was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The shop displays pictures of the Prime Minister in their shop even today. 0: 40 Notice the gigantic shiny scissors which have been put out of production eight years ago and is the only one in the shop. This particular scissors is used in the rubber manufacturing industry but has been replaced by electronic and more efficient tools. Kainchi as is popularly called in the local language is said to be the oldest li
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