MILESTONES
1890
Chuharmal TULSIDAS
(1890 to 1946)
Father of Jetha Tulsidas was born.
1911
At the age of 21, he came to Mauritius for the first time as a pedlar to sell sarees to the Indian Indentured labourers.
1931
11th Feb,
Jethanand TULSIDAS
(1931 to 2014)
was born in Hyderabad, Sindh, British Raj.
1944
First outlet opened by Jetha Tulsidas’ eldest brother Mangharam Tulsidas at
31, Desforges Street, Port Louis.
1946
The family left Pakistan during the partition with India to settle with Jetha Tulsidas’ 6 brothers and 2 sisters.
1956
Jetha Tulsidas took charge of the first TULSIDAS shop at Royal Road, Rose-Hill.
1960
Three companies were founded by 7 brothers as the family grew.
1960
Jetha Tulsidas during his purchase trip for sarees in Bangalore city, India.
1967
JETHA TULSIDAS AND SPOUSE SUNDRI TULSIDAS AT PLAISANCE AIRPORT RETURNING FROM BUSINESS TRIP TO FAR EAST AND INDIA.
1973
AJIT TULSIDAS, JETHA'S ELDEST SON, STARTS WORKING IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS
AT THE ROYAL ROAD ROSE HILL UNDER THE
BRAND TULSIDAS & TULSIDAS.
1975
ASHOK TULSIDAS JOINS
AJIT TULSIDAS IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS
AFTER COMPLETING HIS BCOM.
1975
PICTURES OF JETHA TULSIDAS ROSE HILL SHOP,BACK THEN TRADING UNDER THE NAME OF TULSIDAS & TULSIDAS,PREPARING FOR A MEGA SALES.
1977
SHEELADEVI & SUBSEQUENTLY SUNSHEEL IS INCORPORATED TO OPEN AN OUTLET
AND JETHANAND IS JOINED BY HIS SON
KISHAN TULSIDAS
1978
Jetha Tulsidas starts his business at 17 Desforges Street, Port Louis,
under the brand Jetha Tulsidas, joined by his son Kishan.
1988
Jayess is incorporated, opening an outlet in Goodlands. The company expands with several more outlets.
1993
Prism International and Admans International, our Indian business associates, participate in the first Duty-Free Fair of Indian Wear at The Forum, Curepipe.
1999
JAYESS - A FREEPORT COMPANY IS
INCORPORATED WITH THE ACTIVITY
OF EXPORTING TO
SEVERAL COUNTRIES VIA THE
FREEZONE
2001
SUNSHEEL SHOPPING CENTER IS LAUNCHED IN 2001 WITH 45 SHOPS AT ROYAL ROAD,CUREPIPE
2002
DINESH TULSIDAS, SON OF
AJIT TULSIDAS, THE FIRST FROM THE 4TH
GENERATION OF TULSIDAS
IN MAURITIUS JOINS THE
COMPANY.
2004
Opening of the new Jetha
Tulsidas at 17 SSR Street.
2004
RAVISH TULSIDAS,SON OF AJIT TULSIDAS,JOINS THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
2006
THE ROSE HILL OUTLET IS
REVAMPED AND BECOMES
THE LARGEST STORE OF ITS KIND IN THE
REGION (30,000 SQ FT)
2010
OPENING OF THE ROSE BELLE BRANCH AT VIEUX MOULIN (2,700 SQ FT)
2012
OPENING OF THE LARGEST SHOWROOM IN THE EAST OF THE ISLAND AT FLACQ SHOPPING MALL, BOULET ROUGE
2013
First Indian store opens at Bagatelle Mall (5,400 sq ft), followed by the Triolet branch (5,300 sq ft) in the same year.
2014
2014 - First major Megasales across all branches. The same year, Jivesh Tulsidas, son of Kishan, joins the family business.
2016
OPENING OF CUREPIPE STORE AT ROYAL ROAD.( 2,000 SQ FT )
2018
Plaisance & Triolet Outlet
RELOCATION OF OUR ROSE-BELLE SHOWROOM TO PLAISANCE SHOPPING VILLAGE
OCTOBER
OPENING OF THE VIP SHOWROOM IN TRIOLET
2019
Acquisition of the Goodlands
showroom.
2019
BIGGEST CLEARANCE SALES EVER AT EX-MONOPRIX (25,000 SP FT) BAGATELLE SHOPPING MALL
2019
OPENING OF OUR 10TH SHOWROOM IN RIVERSIDE SHOPPING CENTRE, RIVIERE DU REMPART (8000 SQ FT)
2019
LAUNCHING OF GLOBAL DESI TRIANON
2019
REVAMPING ON OUR STORE IN FLACQ RETAIL PARK (10,000 SQ FT)
DEC
ACQUISITION OF STAKE IN FLACQ SHOPPING MALL
DEC
ACQUISITION OF STAKE IN FLACQ SHOPPING MALL
DEC
ACQUISITION OF STAKE IN FLACQ SHOPPING MALL
2020
LAUNCH OF THE SAREE UPCYCLING PROJECT WITH EKOCHIC.
MAJOR RESTRUCTURING AND JETHA TULSIDAS HOLDING IS FORMED
MAJOR RESTRUCTURING AND JETHA TULSIDAS HOLDING IS FORMED
MAJOR RESTRUCTURING AND JETHA TULSIDAS HOLDING IS FORMED