Maruti scandal –1974

In 1974 Indira Gandhi’s
name came up again in the first Maruti scandal, where her son was favoured with a licence to make passenger cars in the then highly restrictive-environment.

1970

• A private limited company named ‘Maruti technical services private limited’ (MTSPL) launched on November 16, 1970. The stated purpose of this company was to provide technical know-how for the design, manufacture and assembly of “a wholly indigenous motor car”.

1971

• In June, A company called ‘Maruti limited’ was incorporated under the Companies Act and Sanjay Gandhi became its first managing director..

1977

• ‘Maruti limited’ goes into liquidation.

1978

• A commission of inquiry headed by Justice A. C. Gupta, which probed the ‘Maruti scandal’, submits its report.