Nalli celebrated its Platinum jubilee for successfully completing 75 years in the year 2003.

Nalli, synonymous with Silk, was established in the year 1928 and has been a leader in the textile and retail business for over 80 years. An icon of South India, Nalli has become synonymous with silk or kanchipuram sarees. Nalli's success story has a fairy tale ring to it. Started as a small retail store for silk Sarees in Chennai by a young man called Nalli Chinnasami Chetty in 1928, the family-run shop did steady business for thirty years after which the grandson, Nalli Kuppusami Chetty took over.