Ambassador was the favorite car of VIPs, many Prime Ministers traveled in it
Today India is celebrating Independence Day. On this occasion, we are giving you information about a car whose journey started before independence and later that car remained the favorite car of many Prime Ministers of the country (Prime Ministers Cars of India) as well as other ministers and many officials for a long time. Which car was this? Let's find out.
In Indian politics, leaders and officials including Prime Ministers have traveled in Hindustan Motors (HM)'s car Ambassador. This car came into existence even before independence and for 58 years it made many VIPs as well as Prime Ministers (PM cars of India) travel. How this car is connected to the history of India. We are telling you in this news.
Many Prime Ministers of India traveled in the Ambassador car (HM Ambassador). The list of Prime Ministers who traveled in this car includes Indira Gandhi, PV Narasimha Rao, HD Deve Gowda, Inder Kumar Gujral, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The Ambassador car was introduced in India even before independence. In 1942, five years before independence, BM Birla founded Hindustan Motors and its assembly started at Okha Port in Gujarat. In 1948, a year after independence, its plant was set up from Gujarat to Uttar Para in Bengal.
Even though the journey of this car started before independence, it took years to launch it. The Ambassador car was launched in 1958, 11 years after independence.
Although the Ambassador was an Indian car, its design was inspired by the Morris Oxford Series 3 of the British company Morris Garage (MG). In 1958, the Ambassador's Landmaster was launched for the first time. Which was updated with time.
The Ambassador car has been the choice of the Prime Minister and other ministers, officers, army, police, and the common man since 1958. But in 2014, its production was completely stopped. The last time Ambassador's Encore model was available for sale was from 2013 to 2014.
