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India.com
3 hours ago
- Automotive
- India.com
Meet Indian, who migrated from Pakistan to India, built world's one of biggest business of…, he is…
Today is the birth anniversary of Brijmohan Lall Munjal, the founder of the Hero Group. Around 75 years ago, after migrating from Pakistan to India, he started the foundation of the Hero Group. Initially, he worked as a supplier of bicycle parts and later entered into a bicycle manufacturing company and transformed into a two-wheeler manufacturing business. Affordable two-wheelers for the Indian middle class, the first name that comes to mind is Hero MotoCorp. Brijmohan Lall Munjal was born on July 1, 1923, in Kamalia, Toba Tek Singh district, in undivided India's Punjab (now in Pakistan). How Hero Cycles Began? Hero Cycles was started by Brijmohan Lall Munjal and his three brothers when they moved to Amritsar, India, after migrating from Pakistan. Earlier they were dealing in bicycle spare parts. However the riots after the partition erupted all businesses so they relocated to Ludhiana. In Ludhiana, Munjal and his brother Om Prakash Munjal founded Hero Cycles. They also received a license from the Punjab government to manufacture bicycles. The bicycle business grew rapidly and Hero Cycles became a household name in India. Hero Cycles' Success By 1975, Hero Cycles had surpassed all competitors and became the largest bicycle manufacturer in India. In 1986, the company earned a Guinness World Record for producing the highest number of bicycles in the world. The Hero Cycles' success is mainly credited to Brijmohan Lall Munjal's approach. It is said that he knew all his dealers and suppliers by name and never delayed payments to anyone. Hero In Two-Wheelers After the success of Hero Cycles, Munjal established a two-wheeler company, Hero Majestic, which used to manufacture mopeds. The turning point came in 1984 when Hero partnered with the Japanese company Honda Motors. In 1985, the company launched its first motorcycle, the Hero Honda CD100, which achieved massive success. Later, the Hero Honda Splendor, launched in 1994,changed the company's position as a leader in the two-wheeler industry.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
Father-son Kumbh Mela journey rewarded with special edition bike
Udupi: The 23-year-old Prajwal Shenoy, who took his father to Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh Mela on his 25-year-old Hero Honda Splendor motorcycle, was offered a Centennial Collectors-Edition bike by the company as a gift. When he failed to get train or flight tickets, Prajwal commenced his journey on the bike with his father, Rajendra Shenoy, as a pillion from Machakal in Shirva of Udupi district on Feb 6 and reached Prayagraj on Feb 10. Recognising his passion for adventures on the bike, Hero MotorCorp gifted Prajwal the Centennial Collectors-Edition bike. Vijay Kumar T Karne, managing director of Shakti Motors, Udupi, handed over the bike and safety gear to Prajwal in the presence of manager Rahul Mirajkar on Saturday. Prajwal told TOI that he received the Centennial Collectors-Edition bike as well as safety gear as gifts from the company. "They recognised my adventure of riding with my father to participate in the Maha Kumbh Mela and other trips. I covered 16 states of India on the bike earlier. While some of the rides were solo, the majority of the trips were accompanied by my father as a pillion rider. My father and I travelled to Ladakh too," said Prajwal, who is a second-year student of the hotel management and tourism course at the Srinivas Institute of Hotel Management and Tourism. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like One of the Most Successful Investors of All Time, Warren Buffett, Recommends: 5 Books for Turning... Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Click Here Undo The TOI highlighted the father-son duo's ride on a 25-year-old Hero Honda Splendor motorcycle to Prayagraj in Feb. Prajwal said his father readily agreed to traverse nearly 4,000km on a bike when there were no other options for travel. He recalled the spiritual moment that made him and his father happy to reach the sacred Sangam for a holy dip during the Maha Kumbh Mela, a rare spiritual gathering that occurs only once in 144 years. "We rode the bike throughout the day and rested in a tent near petrol bunks. We covered over 3,900km in nine days while riding an average of 550 to 600km per day," he said. Prajwal's father, Rajendra Shenoy, is a businessman.
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Hindustan Times
Ludhiana: Bike theft ring busted, 13 vehicles retrieved
Jun 29, 2025 05:10 AM IST The Ludhiana police have recovered thirteen stolen motorbikes from two thieves caught earlier this week. The two thieves were caught on Hambran Road while riding a stolen motorcycle. (HT Photo) The thieves identified as Sandeep Singh and Dharampal Singh were arrested on June 24 by the criminal investigative agency (CIA) of the police. While Sandeep is from Shri Fatehgarh Sahib and lives in BRS Nagar, Dharmapal is from Kadahani Kalan village in Khanna. Superintendent of police (SP) Harpal Singh, addressing a presser here on Saturday, said that the thieves were caught after they were stopped on Hambran Road here on June 24 and were found riding a stolen bike upon checking. While the police had recovered one bike from the duo on the day of arrest, three bikes were recovered on June 25, and nine were recovered on June 27, as the interrogation continued. The recovered bikes include six Hero Honda Splendor, three Splendor Plus, two Hero Honda Passion, and one Bajaj and TVS each. An FIR under Sections 303 (2), 317 (2), and 3(5) of the BNS, all concerning theft and stolen property, have been registered against the duo at Division No 8 police station. Sandeep Singh is already involved in two cases of theft, one from September 2022, and the second from October 2024. He had come out on bail from the Central Jail in Rupnagar earlier in April.
