Ahmed Dawood was considered as one of the country's senior industrialists. By 1933, his firm had become the largest supplier of imported
yarn to the textile mills in India. Following the
Partition of British India in 1947, he migrated to Pakistan with his brothers Suleman Dawood,
Siddique Dawood, Sattar Dawood, and Ali Mohammad Dawood. In 1948, the family established
Dawood Corporation (Pvt.) Limited in
Karachi as a trade enterprise. In the same year,
Dawood (England) Limited started business operations in
Manchester. The group began with a small office and a retail outlet in
Saddar and expanded its business significantly over the decades. By 1970, the combined undertakings of the Dawood family was one of the largest business groups in the country. The following year marked a substantial change: After the creation of
Bangladesh in 1971, approximately 60% of the businesses led by Ahmed Dawood, including all investments in former
East Pakistan, were lost as a result of the
nationalisation policies there. The remaining enterprises in Pakistan were affected by
nationalisation measures implemented in the early to mid-1970s. ==Former subsidiaries==