The Hinduja Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai, founded in 1914 by Parmanand Hinduja, who began trading in Shikarpur and Bombay and opened the group's first overseas operation in Iran in 1919. Its headquarters stayed in Iran until the revolution of 1979 forced a move to Europe, after which the brothers Srichand and Gopichand developed the export business from London. The group works in eleven sectors, among them automotive, oil and speciality chemicals, banking, healthcare, infrastructure, media and power. For transport its main holdings are Ashok Leyland, the Chennai maker of trucks, buses and defence vehicles, and Switch Mobility, the electric bus and commercial vehicle builder formed from the former Optare. It also owns Hinduja Leyland Finance, which finances commercial vehicle buyers, and the Gulf Oil lubricant businesses.
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Hinduja Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, based in Mumbai.
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The company was founded in 1914 by Parmanand Hinduja
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The group is present in eleven sectors including automotive
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Hinduja Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, based in Mumbai.
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The group is present in eleven sectors including automotive
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headquartered in Chennai and owned by the Hinduja Group
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