Supreme Duplicators began in 1973, in a narrow lane off Dariba Kalan in the heart of Chandni Chowk, where Shri Shambhu Nath Kapoor mixed his first tins of stamp-pad ink by hand and pressed each pad himself. Counter by counter, the Supreme stamp pad earned its name — until "Supreme" became shorthand for an impression that lasts, and, in time, India's most trusted stamp pad.

The second generation, Pradeep Kapoor, widened the workshop's world: sealing wax and lac sticks, hand carbon paper, whiteboard and permanent markers, and the herbal gulal that now colours Holi across the country. Today the third generation, Mudit Kapoor, carries it forward — exporting skin-safe gulal, supplying wholesalers and offices nationwide, and modernising the manufacturing while still mixing colour by the family's own recipes.

Fifty years on, the reach runs from Delhi to Tier-2 and Tier-3 markets and across borders — but the pads are still made with the same care, and the phone is still answered by a Kapoor.