• 3 October 1966 – Registered 8 Village level Co-operative Societies in vadgam and Palanpur Taluka Besides Started Sending milk at
Dudhsagar Dairy Mehsana. • 31 January 1969 – The Banaskantha District Co-operative milk producer Union Limited (Banas Dairy) got registered under co-operative law. • 1 November 1969 – Beginning of collecting and sending milk at Dudhsagar Dairy Mehsana through milk Union. • 14 January 1971 – The foundation stone was laid down for feeder Balancing Dairy by the founder chairman late Galbabhai N. patel at 122 acre land purchased Near jagana village • 7 May 1971 – Banas Dairy (pilot Chilling plant) started functioning. • 17 June 1972 – Khimana milk chilling center commenced functioning. • 17 October 1972 –
Dhanera milk chilling center commenced functioning. • 14 April 1974 – Animal Husbandry services started functioning • 26,January,1975 – Commencement of Skim milk Powder production. 5 July 1977 – Production Commenced at Feed Milling Plant (100MT\Day). • 4 February 1979 – foundation stone laid down for dairy plant expansion by
Verghese Kurien, Chairman of
GCMMF Ltd. Anand, Chairman
National Dairy Development Board and IDC • 4 February 1979 – Feed milling plant inaugurated by
Shri Surjit Singh Barnala, Cabinet Minister (GOI) For Agriculture and irrigation • 4 February 1979 – statue of founder chairman Shri Galbabhai N.patel unveiled by
Babubhai J. Patel, Chief Minister of Gujarat. • 14 March 1979 –
Tharad milk chilling center commenced functioning • 17 March 1980 – Commencement of dispatching milk to Mother Dairy
Delhi through rail milk tanker. • 1 November 1983 –
Danta milk chilling center started functioning. • 8 October 1984 – Galbabhai Dairy Co-operative Training Center made functioning. • 1 November 1984 –
Radhanpur milk chilling center started functioning. • 14 September 1986 – Excellence award for cross bred cow received at 21st ida conference. • 9 December 1986 – Amulya milk powder production commenced. • 1 July 1989 – Co-operative Development Program commenced. • 1 October 1993 – New powder plant of 30 TPD started production. • 7 May 1994 – Silver jubilee function was organised and inauguration of 30 TPD powder plant done by Hon. Agri.Minister Shri
Balram Jakhar. Government of India. • 2 October 1998 – Foundation stone of Banas -II project was laid by padma vibhushan
Verghese Kurien, former chairman of
National Dairy Development Board and chairman of
GCMMF Ltd. • 15 June 1999 – Banas Dairy was awarded
ISO 9002 and HACCP certification. • 13 February 2001 – First consignment of whole milk powder exported to
Oman • 20 September 2001 – Trial run of 60 TPD powder plant in Banas-II • 10 May 2003 – production of ice cream • 1 September 2003 – Tetra pack milk packing inaugurated by Shri BM Vyas MD, GCMMF Ltd. • 23 September 2004 – Bhumi Pujan at Dama for AH complex • 24 September 2004 – Inauguration of AMUL parlor at Danta by Shri BM Vyas, MD, GCMMF Ltd. • 24 August 2005 – AMUL Kool liquid sterilized flavored milk Launched • 23 August 2006 – Kanpur milk packing & Marketing Started • 9 February 2007 – Dhudh Sanjeevani Scheme dedicated to people by Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri
Narendra Modi. • 24 March 2007 – Inauguration of Banas II Dairy Complex by Union Agri. Minister
shri Sharad pawar. • 24 November 2007 – Unveiling of the statue of Late Galbabhai N.Patel Founder chairman of Banas Dairy by chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Narendra Modi. • 1 August 2007 – Semen Freezing at semen collection Station, dama started • 24 November 2007 – Milk packaging and selling started at Jaipur • 7 August 2010 – Foundation stone of Banas III Dairy Complex and Inauguration of cattle Feed plant by chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Narendra Modi. • 21 February 2009 – Inauguration of the Semen collection station Dama and 1000 MT cattle Feed plant at Katarva by Dr. Amrita Patel, chairman,
National Dairy Development Board • 9 June 2009 – pilot project of paneer production started • 15 August 2010 – a record in mass tree plantation drive organized under the auspices of GCMMF Ltd. by planting 16.37 lac trees across villages of the district • 11 February 2011 – historical milk train started from Palanpur to Kanpur carrying milk and milk products • 1 April 2011 – Banas dairy Education Research and Development, a trust of Banas Dairy started functioning • 1 April 2011 – inauguration of swavlamban-National pension scheme – first initiative in the country. • 18 May 2011 – pilot project on Cheese production started • 28 June 2011 – inauguration of Banas III Dairy Complex and Foundation stone laid of 100 MT Milk Powder Plant by Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Narendra Modi. • 28 December 2011 – high speed Tetra pack Milk packing line started. • 25 April 2016 – new cheese plant at palanpur started with capacity of 900 metric ton per month. • In July 2017, It was reported that Banas Dairy will replicate Gujarat milk cooperative model in UP == Awards ==