In 1953, the Govt. of India banned the sale and movement of all Newsprint paper in stock with the traders. A meeting was held in Delhi to jointly decide the mode of operation for which a lead came from Mumbai at a time when local association of Paper Traders existed only at Mumbai, Calcutta, Madras. At the meeting held at Delhi late Shri R.K. Gandhi, late Shri Shantilal Kadakia, Shri MR Batliboi from Mumbai, late Shri Sunderlal Dutt, Shri C.S.Chakrovorty from Madras and Shri J.N.Singh from Delhi helped in the matter. As the trader's view point was very strong and argument convincing, they were soon crowned with success resulting in revoking of order.

Besides this, there was one more development at the Delhi meeting. Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri in the course of discussion with paper traders, advised Shri Chimanlal P. Shah to organize a Federation of all Paper Traders' Associations in the country. The Paper Traders' Association, Mumbai decided to take the lead to convene the First Conference of the Federation of Paper Traders' Associations of India, which was held on 16th Feb., 1959. Thus the History of FPTA began much before its inauguration in 1959.

The First Conference :
The first Conference was held on 16th Feb. 1959 in Mumbai , which was inaugurated by Late Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri and presided over by Late Shri Jethmal Lalvani who became the first President of FPTA.

In February 1961, the Managing Committee honored Late Shri Jethmal Lalvani, by rightly awarding the First Gold Medal to him in recognition of his meritorious services to the paper trade.

Before the organization of the traders on all India basis was established, the government had to depend on the industry for any information about the distribution system, fair prices etc. The establishment of FPTA filled the communication gap and the traders were able to occupy the rightful place in their relevant spheres of activities.

Since inauguration in 1959, AGMs / Conferences of FPTA have been held in various parts of the country as per invitations received from one or other Affiliated Associations

FPTA's New Renovated office:
FPTA's office is now completely renovated into a modern well-equipped office with air conditioning, latest PIII computer system and conference facilities, etc.
The well-stocked library is donated by Shri Amolakh Singhvi of Hyderabad.