Mahindra and Mahindra’s Pakistani connection, company was originally known as…, Pakistan’s Governor General …

New Delhi: Mahindra and Mahindra is a famous automobile manufacturing company in India. The company has set a new record in the financial year 2025 as it sold the highest number of SUVs to date. Mahindra and Mahindra was not always called by this name. The company’s chairman, Anand Mahindra, has also worked hard to take the company to new heights. Anand Mahindra remains quite active on social media, regularly posting many interesting updates.

The company was founded two years before independence, in 1945 in Ludhiana. Its founders were Mahindra Brothers (Kailash Chandra Mahindra and Jagdish Chandra Mahindra) and Malik Ghulam Mohammad. It started as a steel trading company. Anand Mahindra, the chairman of the Mahindra Group, is the grandson of Kailash Chandra Mahindra.

When the company was established in 1947, it was not named Mahindra & Mahindra. At that time, it was named Mahindra & Mohammad. The company received the name Mohammad because of Malik Ghulam Mohammad, who was one of its founding members. However, Ghulam Mohammad had very little stake in the company.

Now the question arises as to how the company name changed from Mahindra & Mohammad to Mahindra & Mahindra. After independence, Ghulam Mohammad went to Pakistan. Mahindra was left with stationery and the company’s seal, which had M&M written on it. They did not have the financial resources to change the name. Since there were two Mahindra brothers in the business, they decided to rename the company Mahindra & Mahindra. Thus, the company name remained M&M.

Ghulam Mohammad served as Pakistan’s Finance Minister from 1947 to 1951. Additionally, he was the Governor-General of Pakistan from 1951 to 1955. He passed away in September 1956 at the age of 61.

Later, the company acquired several large firms. In 1999, Mahindra purchased 100% of Gujarat Tractors from the Gujarat government. Then in 2007, M&M acquired Punjab Tractors Limited (PTL). This made it the world’s largest tractor manufacturing company. Subsequently, Mahindra & Mahindra acquired several domestic and foreign companies. Today, the company sells its vehicles in many countries around the world.

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