Giani's Ice Cream (Giani Di Hatti)

A second, independently corroborated Partition-founding story with a named third-generation owner on the record — but its identity has shifted from a single Old Delhi dessert shop to a national chain, which is the tension an editor needs to weigh before publishing.

What to order
Rabri falooda, named by the company's own history as the original and still-exclusive Fatehpuri recipe

What we know

Founder Giani Gurcharan Singh migrated from Lyallpur (Faisalabad), Pakistan during Partition and set up the original shop in Fatehpuri, Chandni Chowk — sourced Partition-migration story, corroborated by two independently-published pieces
Third-generation owner Taranjeet directly quoted: 'The business was established around 1951-52, and officially registered in 1956' — an unusually precise, on-record founding timeline rather than a rounded-off claim
Original rabri-falooda recipe stated by the family to be 'still preserved and served exclusively' at the Fatehpuri shop, distinguishing it from the chain's other locations
First ice-cream machine purchased second-hand for Rs 12,000 in 1962, per company history — a specific, checkable capital-investment detail rather than a vague growth claim
Named celebrity patronage (Raj Kapoor, Mohammad Rafi) cited as visiting the original shop, per company history

Status: open
Address: Fatehpuri, Chandni Chowk, Delhi-6
Maker: Founded by Giani Gurcharan Singh; grandson Taranjeet, third-generation owner, interviewed on the record; company directors named on own site as Anandpreet Singh, Amarpreet Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Kawarpreet Singh
Opened: 1956
Website: www.gianisicecream.com/legacy/
Last checked: 2026-08-22

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