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S6E3: And The Maruti Story | The Great Indian Car Dream 3

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The History of Maruti Motors

In 1976, Maruti Motors claimed that they had been making cars from July 1975 at the rate of 15 to 20 pieces a month. The Janata government immediately ordered an inquiry against Maruti Motors on charges of favoritism. Meanwhile, orders for the Maruti heavy vehicles dried up. Commercial production of cars was never a serious proposition anyway. In order to restrict a further increase in liabilities, shareholders called for its dissolution. On 6 March 1978, the Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered its liquidation. Later, when Indira Gandhi returned to par, Sanjay Gandhi once again tried to revive the company. He asked his industrialist friends to seek out a foreign collaborator. But it required

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