Founded in 1945 to import two- and three-wheelers, Bajaj now builds them for the world — the third-largest motorcycle maker anywhere, the largest three-wheeler maker, and in FY2026 the first year it crossed five million units.
It started in 1945 as a steel trading firm called Mahindra & Mohammed. When Mohammed left for Pakistan, the family couldn't afford to reprint stationery reading 'M&M' — so they became Mahindra & Mahindra. Today it is India's largest SUV maker and the world's largest tractor manufacturer by volume.
The world's oldest motorcycle brand still in continuous production — born in Redditch in 1901, rebuilt in Madras from 1955, and now shipping over 1.22 million motorcycles a year from four Tamil Nadu plants to riders in 80+ countries.
