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1948 Hindustan 10. Hindustan Motors Limited (HML) was India's pioneering automobile manufacturing company. It was established just before the Indian Independence Act 1947, in 1942 by B. M. Birla of the industrialist Birla family in collaboration with Lord Nuffield of Morris Motors, who were already selling their cars in India.
The Hindustan Ambassador is an automobile that was manufactured by Indian manufacturer Hindustan Motors from 1957 to 2014, with improvements and changes over its production lifetime. The Ambassador was based on the Morris Oxford series III model, first made by Morris Motors Limited at Cowley, Oxford in the United Kingdom from 1956 to 1959.
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Hindustan Motors was established in Kolkata in technical collaboration with Morris Motors to manufacture Morris Oxford models that would later become HM Ambassador. Addisons, Madras – An Amalgamations Group company, was the agent for Nuffield's Morris, Wolseley, and Riley cars, and Chrysler's Plymouth , Dodge , and De Soto cars and trucks.
Acquisition of 'Ambassador' brand from Hindustan Motors [ edit ] On 10 February 2017, PSA announced a 50:50 joint venture with the CK Birla Group , the owner of the Hindustan Motors to sell Peugeot, Citroën, and DS vehicles in India and purchase of the Ambassador brand from Hindustan Motors at the cost of ₹ 80 Crore (€11 [ 31 ] million).
The town is prominent as it developed and named, for a Hindustan Motors factory, shared with the neighbouring Uttarpara and Konnagar suburbs. [1] The factory had been in the area, known as Hindmotor colony since 1948 and was the sole manufacturing site of the famous Hindustan Ambassador . [ 1 ]
He held various positions at Hindustan Motors (HM), the manufacturer of India's well-known Ambassador car, a company founded by his grandfather. [12] He was appointed as the chairman of HM in November 1997. He resigned from the chairmanship and directorship of Hindustan Motors in December 2013. [16] [17]
25 May – Hindustan Motors stops production of Hindustan Ambassador car. [139] June. 8 June ... 23 August – Balaji Railroad Systems Limited (BARSYL) ...