by Kooverji Gamadia – – – If the India of the Raj was identified with the Maharajas and their Rolls-Royces, Bentleys and Daimlers, then independent India was identified with the Hindustan Ambassador, fondly known to two generations of Indians as “The Queen of Indian Roads”. There was no whiff of royalty about her, quite the […]
Kooverji Gamadia
Museums of India
THE MOTOR COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS OF INDIA [Firstly, a note from our Chairman about this special contribution: I met Kooverji and some members of the Classic Drivers Group in Mumbai, in March 2018 and we have been corresponding and Zooming since that fortunate morning. He was our first ‘Global Correspondent’ and his first letter on […]
THE 1947 BUICK ROADMASTER IN INDIA
During British rule, which ended in 1947, and into the 1950s, British and American vehicles dominated Indian roads. Every conceivable marque from Rolls-Royce and Cadillac to Austin and Plymouth could be espied. Continental cars, fewer in numbers compared to their British and American counterparts, were mostly represented by the prestigious marques including Hispano-Suiza, Mercedes-Benz, Delahaye, […]
