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{{Short description|Former automotive factory}}
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{{Infobox factory
| name = Hindustan Motors, Uttarpara
| image =হিন্দুস্তান মোটরসের উত্তরপাড়া কারখানায় অ্যাম্বাসাডর তৈরির দৃশ্য.jpg
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| caption =Production of cars, 2005
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| built = 1942
| operated = 1957<ref>{{Cite web |last= Sudhiti |first=Naskar |last2= Chatterjee |first2=Paromita |title=In Pictures: India’s iconic Ambassador car |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2014/6/16/in-pictures-indias-iconic-ambassador-car}}</ref>
| location = [[Hindmotor]], [[Uttarpara]], [[West Bengal]]
| industry = [[Automotive]]
| products = [[Hindustan Ambassador]]
| employees = 22,000
| area = {{Convert|795|acre}}{{Efn|Also cited as {{Convert|720|acre}} }}
| owner = [[Hindustan Motors]]
| website = http://www.hindmotor.com/uttarpara.asp
| defunct = {{End date|2014|05|24}}
|volume={{Convert|395|acre}}|image_upright=1.1}}

'''Hindustan Motors factory, Uttarpara'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-28 |title=Hindustan Motors, European partner complete due diligence for EV project |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/hindustan-motors-european-partner-complete-due-diligence-for-ev-project-9402741.html |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=Moneycontrol}}</ref> (Also known as '''Hindustan Motors factory'''<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-05-27 |title=Hindustan Motors to make comeback with electric vehicle |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/english/bharat/hindustan-motors-to-make-comeback-with-electric-vehicle/na20220527215839282282194 |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=en}}</ref> and '''Hindmotor factory''') was an automotive manufacturing factory in [[Hindmotor]], a neighborhood of [[Uttarpara]], in [[Hooghly district]] of [[West Bengal]]. It was known for being the largest producer of [[Hindustan Ambassador]]s of [[Hindustan Motors|Hindustan Motors company]] in India and the first car manufacturer in India.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Himatsingka |first=Anuradha |date=2021-02-26 |title=Hindustan Motors plans to divest manufacturing units in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/hindustan-motors-planning-to-divest-manufacturing-units-in-west-bengal-and-madhya-pradesh/articleshow/81225883.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2026-02-18 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> The factory was built in 1942, becoming the second oldest automotive factory in Asia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mukherji |first=Udit |date=2017-02-11 |title=Hindustan Motors sells Ambassador car brand to Peugeot |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/auto/cars/hindustan-motors-sells-ambassador-car-brand-to-peugeot/articleshow/57089753.cms |access-date=2026-04-07 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Starting its operations in 1957,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-05-27 |title=King of Indian roads 2.0: Hindustan Motors plans electric version of Ambassador |url=https://www.livemint.com/auto-news/king-of-indian-roads-2-0-hindustan-motors-plans-electric-version-of-ambassador-11653633688934.html |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref> after being built in 1942, the Hindustan Motors' Ambassador declined in sales, closing the Uttarpara unit on May 24, 2014; from when the land owned by Motors was under turbulence from the inhabitants of Hindmotor and state government.

== Production of cars ==
[[Hindustan Motors]] established a factory in Hindmotor for the production of its then-new Ambassador cars.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-07-16 |title=Supreme Court upholds West Bengal govt’s decision of reclaiming Hindustan Motors factory land |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/supreme-court-upholds-west-bengal-govts-decision-of-reclaiming-hindustan-motors-factory-land/article69820256.ece |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=BusinessLine |language=en |agency=BL Kolkata Bureau}}</ref> Different Ambassador variants were produced, including 1500[[Cubic centimeter|cc]] and 1800cc diesel and 1800cc petrol, [[Compressed natural gas|CNG]] and [[Liquefied petroleum gas|LPG]]. Others were Winner cars and auto compartments.<ref name="Himatsingka">{{Cite news |last=Himatsingka |first=Anuradha |date=2021-02-26 |title=Hindustan Motors plans to divest manufacturing units in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/hindustan-motors-planning-to-divest-manufacturing-units-in-west-bengal-and-madhya-pradesh/articleshow/81225883.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-12-26 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> It was the first and only integrated automotive factory in India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hindustan Motors - Uttarpara |url=http://www.hindmotor.com/uttarpara.asp |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=www.hindmotor.com}}</ref> After the Hindmotor unit started operations, a railway station named after the unit was established, [[Hindmotor flag railway station]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-05-24 |title=A year after, end of road for the iconic Ambassador car |url=https://indianexpress.com/photos/picture-gallery-others/a-year-after-end-of-road-for-the-iconic-ambassador-car/ |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> The large number of people working in the factory and train station, schools, hospital, residential houses, clubs, apartments, worship places and sport venues were subsequently built, creating the neighborhood of Hindmotor in Hooghly.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2014-05-27 |title=The depressing tale of Bengal's Hind Motor factory |url=https://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-the-depressing-tale-of-bengals-hind-motor-factory/20140527.htm |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref> The Ambassador was modeled after the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Morris Oxford]]. The Ambassador was once driven by high-ranking officials, politicians and frequently used as taxis, some taxis still persist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Murilee |date=2014-05-23 |title=Hindustan Motors Uttarpara Plant Shut Down, May Be the End of the Iconic Ambassador |url=https://www.autoweek.com/news/a1897006/hindustan-motors-uttarpara-plant-shut-down-may-be-end-iconic-ambassador/ |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=Autoweek |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Decline ==
[[File:1996 Hindustan Ambassador N574PVL Old Warden 17-08-2024 (54320022287).jpg|280px|thumb|Ambassador]]
The Ambassador was the first car made in India and dominated the market from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. It first lost its dominance to the 800 hatchback by [[Maruti Suzuki]] which costed lesser. It suffered a major decline from the mid-1990s when global automotive manufacturers began setting up plants and selling their international cars in India.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Aniek |date=2014-05-24 |title=Ambassador maker Hindustan Motors suspends production at Uttarpara plant |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/tBi8UwpvrMho4o82mDH4NO/Hindustan-Motors-suspends-production-at-Uttarpara-plant.html |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref> In a fiscal year conducted by the company, it sold 2,200 cars ending in March 2014 compared to 1,800,000 cars in previous years. A new ambassador cost {{US dollar|8800}} in Kolkata.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=((Reuters)) |first=Thomson |title=Hindustan Motors Stops Production of Ambassador Cars |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/hindustan-motors-stops-production-of-ambassador-cars-563850 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250912101936/https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/hindustan-motors-stops-production-of-ambassador-cars-563850 |archive-date=September 12, 2025 |access-date=2025-12-26 |work=NDTV |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> The number of employees decreased in the factory from 22,000 to 2,300.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Niyogi |first=Subhro |date=2017-02-13 |title=Ghost town Hind Motor sees no hope of Ambassador revival |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/ghost-town-hind-motor-sees-no-hope-of-ambassador-revival/articleshow/57115216.cms |access-date=2026-04-07 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Hindustan Motors sent a suspension of work notice to various [[States and union territories of India|Indian states]] with Ambassador car industries about the lack of [[discipline]], shortage of funds, low productivity,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saha |first=Sambit |last2=Ghosh |first2=Pinak |date=2025-07-17 |title=SC allows Bengal government to reclaim HM land in Uttarpara |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/business/supreme-court-allows-bengal-government-to-reclaim-hindustan-motors-land-in-uttarpara-prnt/cid/2113596 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-02-18 |language=en}}</ref> large number of liabilities and litigations, low sales and lack of demand for the Ambassador car caused a decline in the Hindmotor factory,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mishra |first=Digbijay |date=2014-05-24 |title=HM halts work in West Bengal |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/hm-halts-work-in-west-bengal-114052400710_1.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=www.business-standard.com |language=en-US}}</ref> from when the production of cars declined in the unit.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2014 |title=Hindustan Motors shuts down Uttarpara plant |url=https://www.autocarpro.in/news-national/hindustan-motors-shuts-uttarpara-plant-5679 |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=Autocar Professional |language=en |agency=Autocar Pro News Desk}}</ref>

Hindustan Motors was looking for investors for managing finances and management following COVID-19, further slowing car sales. Motors started closing its units to slow the expenses. The company started its Uttarpara unit with {{Convert|795|acre|ha|abbr=in}} of land, selling {{Convert|314|acre|ha|abbr=in}} to Shriram Properties in 2007 for {{Indian rupee|285 crore}},<ref>{{Cite web |last=Datta |first=Romita |last2=Basu |first2=Manish |date=2013-07-01 |title=Bengal may oppose Hindustan Motors' proposed restructuring plan |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/vWuhKCe2vKdjahs0XEzsDO/Bengal-may-oppose-Hindustan-Motors-proposed-restructuring-p.html |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref> and another 100 acres to the Hiranandani Group of Mumbai in 2020/2021. Motors was left with more than 200 acres of unused land, and another 100 acres was used by the factory.<ref name="Himatsingka"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Basak |first=Probal |date=September 24, 2013 |title=Hindustan Motors in talks with investors for Uttarpara, Chennai plants |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/hindustan-motors-in-talks-with-investors-for-uttarpara-chennai-plants-113092400550_1.html |access-date=April 7, 2026 |website=Business Standard}}</ref>

== Closure ==
In the morning of May 24, 2014, Hindustan Motors company put a sign in front of the main gates about the stoppage of production and work in the Uttarpara plant.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sethia |first=Dev |date=2024-04-23 |title=Hindustan Motors surges 10% intra-day: All eyes on Q4 earnings |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/market/hindustan-motors-surges-10-intra-day-all-eyes-on-q4-earnings-3466151/ |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=The Financial Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4" /> The official suspension of work was stated by Hindustan Motors to help in reducing liabilities and reorganizing the finances and funds, to eventually restart operations in the plant.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Hindustan Motors, Hind Motor Railway Station and the iconic Ambassador |url=http://www.motownindia.com//Bureau/Auto-Industry/2928/Hindustan-Motors-Hind-Motor-Railway-Station-and-the-iconic-Ambassador-Roy-Punnoose-Tharyan |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=MotownIndia.com |language=en}}</ref> On December 1, 2014, Motors announced a voluntary retirement scheme for all permanent grade scale staff and technicians and again on October 1, 2015. In November 2015, the Board of Directors of Motors held a meeting to approve that sale of the land of Uttarpara unit was allowed without permission or objections to the Government of West Bengal and permitted buyers of a maximum of 50 acres.<ref name=":2" /> Hindustan Motors closed the production of all factories outside the premises of [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-05-25 |title=Production of India's Ambassador car suspended |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-27563784 |access-date=2025-12-26 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

A senior official of the company remarked, "Work has been suspended indefinitely at the Uttarpara factory. It is being done to ensure the company doesn't bleed more (money) and to enable us to draw plans for its revival."<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2013 |title=Hindustan Motors suspends production of India's once iconic Ambassador car |url=https://www.news18.com/news/auto/hindustan-motors-suspends-production-of-indias-once-iconic-ambassador-car-690224.html |access-date=April 7, 2026 |website=News18 |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref>

== Aftermath ==
{{See also|Tata Nano Singur controversy}}
[[File:হিন্দমোটর রেলওয়ে স্টেশন.jpg|400px|thumb|Hindmotor rail station]]
The tallest buildings of the factory were destroyed and replaced by new buildings on land acquired through legal means. The machinery was stolen, leaving the factory insufficient for car production.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Majumdar |first=Arkamoy Dutta |date=2017-02-13 |title=Peugeot deal brings no cheer at Ambassador's Uttarpara plant |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/Rp143LrvXGAkjAJorEyBaN/Peugeot-deal-brings-no-cheer-At-Ambassadors-Uttarpara-plant.html |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref> The colony encircling the factory had its water and electricity cut off and the school in it, built in 1953, was closed. Many employees of the factory inhabiting this colony with their families left the area. As of September 17, 2023, seventy families still lived in this area without water, electricity or jobs.<ref name=":5" /> It was asserted that when the suspension notice was put, the company had not paid the salary of the employees for six months.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Hindustan Motors plant unlikely to reopen soon: West Bengal Labour minister Purnendu Bose |url=http://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/hindustan-motors-plant-unlikely-to-reopen-soon-west-bengal-labour-minister-purnendu-bose/35762637 |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=ETAuto.com |language=en |agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref> The colony inhabitants went to the [[Lok Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] and the Calcutta High Court, which ordered the company to pay [[dearness allowance]] to workers in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manoj |first=Priyanka |date=2023-09-17 |title=Hindustan Motors workers to continue stir |url=https://english.hindusthansamachar.in/Encyc/2023/9/17/Plight-of-Employees-of-Hindustan-Motors-Ltd-Uttarpara-.php |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=english.hindusthansamachar.in |language=en}}</ref> In September 2015, a senior officer said that the management tried to revive the factory. But the sale of Ambassadors was not a viable option and no other company wanted to partner with them. The company announced a second voluntary retirement scheme for 1,300 workers, which offered {{Indian rupee|100,000}} as a lump sum.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Majumder |first=Arindam |date=September 21, 2015 |title=Hind Motor looks to monetise land as workers refuse to accept VRS |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/hind-motor-looks-to-monetise-land-as-workers-refuse-to-accept-vrs-115092100049_1.html |access-date=April 7, 2026 |website=Business Standard}}</ref>

=== State meeting ===
Samrat Chakraborty, sub-divisional magistrate of Serampore, called a meeting with leaders of various labor organizations like Centre of Indian Trade Unions and factory workers for discussion about the vacant land of the Uttarpara factory of Hindustan Motors. A conclusion was reached by the labor organizations that industries should be set up on the land and the unpaid workers should be given their due salaries. Devi Prasad Basu Roy, from the Hindmotor Workers Union said at least 300 workers were not given their salaries and the company should issue funds. Pankaj Roy, from Serampore's Organizing Committee recommended the uplift of the unlawful factory suspension and to provide food, water and electricity to those living in the Hindmotor colony.<ref>{{Cite news |last=নিজস্ব সংবাদদাতা |first= |date=2022-12-14 |title=৮ বছর বন্ধ কারখানা, হিন্দমোটরের জমি নিল রাজ্য |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/business/west-bengal-government-takes-hind-motors-factory-land/cid/1391553 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712075539/https://www.anandabazar.com/business/west-bengal-government-takes-hind-motors-factory-land/cid/1391553 |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |access-date=2025-12-26 |language=bn |url-status=live |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]]}}</ref>

=== Reclamation of land ===
[[Mamata Banerjee]], Chief Minister of West Bengal pointed that 700 acres of land owned by Motors were unoccupied and could be potentially used.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarkar |first=Pranesh |date=2022-09-23 |title=Uttarpara: Bengal govt keen to take back Hind Motors land |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/bengal-government-keen-to-take-back-hind-motors-land-in-uttarpara/cid/1888241 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> She would discuss about the recovery of the land with [[Serampore]] [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] [[Kalyan Banerjee (politician)|Kalyan Bandyopadhyay]] and the Chief Secretary of the land department. After parts of land were sold to different companies by motors, nearly 395 acres of land were left.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-16 |title=Hindustan Motors Claims WB Govt Seized Closed Plant Unlawfully; Unutilised Land Taken Back: State |url=https://www.outlookbusiness.com/news/hindustan-motors-claims-wb-govt-seized-closed-plant-unlawfully-unutilised-land-taken-back-state |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=Outlook Business |language=en |agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref> Banerjee specified Hooghly as having many industrial belts, with a lot of them being shut down and their lands unoccupied.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mukherji |first=Udit Prasanna |last2=Banerjee |first2=Falguni |date=2022-07-28 |title=West Bengal Government to start legal process to take over idle Hindustan Motors factory land: CM Mamata Banerjee |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/government-to-start-legal-process-to-take-over-idle-hindustan-motors-factory-land-cm-mamata-banerjee/articleshow/93173254.cms |access-date=2025-12-26 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Hindustan Motors said that around 11 p.m. on July 11, 2025, government officials, police officers and land department officials entered the Uttarpara factory and seized documents, machinery, licensed weapons, and storehouses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 16, 2025 |title=HM: हिंदुस्तान मोटर्स का दावा- पश्चिम बंगाल सरकार ने गैरकानूनी तरीके से प्लांट पर किया कब्जा, राज्य ने कहा- खाली जमीन वापस ली |url=https://www.amarujala.com/automobiles/hindustan-motors-claims-wb-govt-unlawfully-seized-its-uttarpara-plant-despite-pending-supreme-court-petition-2025-07-16 |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi |publication-place=New Delhi}}</ref> They submitted a special leave petition to the Supreme Court of India and sent an email and letter to the Special secretary of land department ministry and land reforms department ministry on July 11 and on July 14. The court order was scheduled for July 22.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-07-15 |title=Hindustan Motors claims WB govt seized closed plant unlawfully; unutilised land taken back: State |url=https://theprint.in/economy/hindustan-motors-claims-wb-govt-seized-closed-plant-unlawfully-unutilised-land-taken-back-state/2691329/ |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US |agency=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref>

In mid June 2025, Government of West Bengal took possession of the abandoned land used by the factory for providing other job opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-07-15 |title=West Bengal Cabinet clears 40-acre land lease to Titagarh Rail Systems for coach production |url=https://infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/railways/west-bengal-cabinet-clears-40-acre-land-lease-to-titagarh-rail-systems-for-coach-production/122496128 |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=ETInfra.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Titagarh Rail Systems]] was assigned 40 acres of the land to set up a train car shed for the manufacture and repair of Vande Bharat and other superfast trains,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-16 |title=Hindustan Motors accuses West Bengal of unlawful takeover of Uttarpara plant amid SC case - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/india/hindustan-motors-accuses-west-bengal-of-unlawful-takeover-of-uttarpara-plant-amid-sc-case-19638250.htm |access-date=2026-02-18 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref> as part of a program to bring new trains to commercially important stations. A small rail track for testing was to be built. Titagarh was to spend approximately 200 [[crore]] in the unit spanning Uttarpara and Hindmotor.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-07-16 |title=Hindmotor to see production of Metro, Vande Bharat coaches |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/hindmotor-to-see-production-of-metro-vande-bharat-coaches-1503458295.html |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=The Statesman |language=en |agency=Statesman News Service}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-07-16 |title=Supreme Court upholds West Bengal govt’s decision of reclaiming Hindustan Motors factory land |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/supreme-court-upholds-west-bengal-govts-decision-of-reclaiming-hindustan-motors-factory-land/article69820256.ece |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=BusinessLine |language=en |agency=BL Kolkata Bureau}}</ref>

== Lawsuits and litigations ==
In mid July 2025, a special leave petition issued by Hindustan Motors was dismissed in the [[Supreme Court of India]] retaining the order by the Calcutta High Court to pay dearness allowance to the former workers of the factory and the reclamation of land; the reclamation was issued on July 6, 2022, from when the government started claiming unused and abandoned lands. The whole 395 acres occupied by the factory was ratified by the state on November 9, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dutt |first=Ishita Ayan |last2=Mishra |first2=Bhavini |title=Hindustan Motors land: SC upholds West Bengal's resumption of Hindustan Motors' factory land |url=https://www.business-standard.com/industry/news/supreme-court-upholds-west-bengal-resumption-hindustan-motors-land-125071601429_1.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=www.business-standard.com |language=en-US |publication-place=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Khandelwal |first=Hardik |date=2025-07-16 |title=Supreme Court Clears West Bengal To Reclaim Iconic Ambassador Car Factory Land From Hindustan Motors |url=https://lawchakra.in/supreme-court/bengal-ambassador-car-hindustan-motors/ |access-date=2026-04-07 |website=lawchakra.in |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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{{Hindustan Motors}}

[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in India]]
[[Category:Auto parts suppliers of India]]
[[Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of India]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Automotive companies of India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Hooghly district]]
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[[Category:Demolished manufacturing buildings and structures]]

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