Hindustan Motors was an Indian automotive manufacturer based in Kolkata, one of the original three car makers in India, founded in 1942 by B. M. Birla in collaboration with Lord Nuffield of Morris Motors. It made the Morris based Ambassador and Landmaster cars, popular from 1957 to 2014, and held the largest share of the Indian passenger car market until the early 1980s, when Maruti Udyog began production. Production moved in 1948 to a greenfield plant at Uttarpara in West Bengal. It had joint ventures with General Motors from 1994 to 1999, Isuzu in the 1980s and Mitsubishi from 1998, and a tractor and earthmoving business later sold off. In 2017 it sold the Ambassador brand to the PSA Group, now Stellantis, in a deal that included two joint ventures with the Birla group.
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Hindustan Motors was an Indian automotive manufacturer based in Kolkata.
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One of the original three car manufacturers in India, founded in 1942 by Mr. B.M. Birla
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Hindustan Motors was an Indian automotive manufacturer based in Kolkata.
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He founded Hindustan Motors in 1942
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He was chairman of Hindustan Motors
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He was appointed as the chairman of Hindustan Motors in November 1997
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