 The West Bengal government purchased the assets of the National Sugar Mills through a court sale on 4 June 1973, during its liquidation, enabling the West Bengal Sugar Industries Development Corporation to achieve its objective of promoting and developing the sugar industry, and also preventing job losses in the closed mill.After the Corporation took possession of the mill on 1 September 1973, it was renamed Ahmedpur Sugar Mill.It went into production in the 1974–75 season.