Mahindra

The story begins in October 1945. Two brothers, Jagdish Chandra Mahindra and Kailash Chandra Mahindra, started a steel trading company in Ludhiana with a third partner, Malik Ghulam Muhammad. The name was Mahindra & Muhammad. In 1947, India was partitioned. Malik Ghulam Muhammad moved to Pakistan and later became its first finance minister. The partnership dissolved. The Mahindra brothers bought his share, and in 1948, the company was renamed Mahindra & Mahindra. Now they needed a new direction. India was about to become independent, and a new country needs more than metal. It needs movement. The brothers saw an opportunity. Willys, the American company that built the famous Jeep during World War II, wanted a partner in India. In 1947, Mahindra brought 75 Willys Jeeps to Bombay. They assembled t... More