When was the first car introduced in Maharashtra? Who was the first buyer? find out

Although technology or advanced devices or vehicles are commonplace for us today’s generation, it was not so a few hundred and fifty years ago. People used to look at a car or a four-wheeler with great curiosity. Just as people had a different wonder craze for TV and radio, so did cars. Even having a bullock cart at home was considered a matter of great wealth. The era of horse-drawn carts and legs was coming to an end in the western country. And cars were born. Then even when the British ruled, people saw a car or a four-wheeler as a symbol of wealth.

Then the curiosity arises that who brought the car to Maharashtra for the first time? Who will be the lucky family? And who will be the people living in Maharashtra who first earned the honor of owning and driving a car in Maharashtra. Let’s see.

First car in Maharashtra

In 1898, a total of four cars came to Mumbai. The Curved Dash Oldsmobile was that car. Among them, Jamshedji Tata, a big industrialist living in Maharashtra, took one of these cars and brought home the first car of Maharashtra. Along with Maharashtra, he became the first person to bring a car in India. Even earlier in 1897, Mr. Foster had brought his own car to Bombay; But he was a British citizen.

First woman driver in Maharashtra

Jamshedji not only brought the first car in India and also in Maharashtra, but also created history by giving the women of her family an opportunity to drive the car. In 1905, Jamshedji Tata’s daughter-in-law Suzanne Tata (who was Ratanji Tata’s French wife and JRD Tata’s mother) made history by driving the first car in Mumbai. She became the first woman to drive a car in India and Maharashtra.

Some interesting things about driving a car in Mumbai

Cars were driven at a speed of 5 to 6 km per hour in those days on Mumbai roads. A person with a bell would walk 5 minutes ahead of the car to alert residents and pedestrians.

First car manufactured in Maharashtra

If we talk about the “first car made in Maharashtra”, it has been a hallmark of India’s roads for decades ‘Ambassador(Ambassador) This car was launched in 1957 by Hindustan Motors. This car was completely made in Maharashtra, all its parts were also made in Maharashtra.