KFC first entered India in the early 1990s after economic liberalization, opening its first restaurant in Bangalore in 1995. While KFC saw success as the first major fast food chain in India, targeting upper middle class consumers, they also faced criticism and protests from nationalist, farmers, and animal rights groups who saw them as a threat to local business and culture. KFC continues to operate over 100 restaurants in India today, focusing on metropolitan areas and utilizing strategies like geographic, demographic, and psychographic segmentation to target consumers.