In 1920 an indian king by the name of jai singh traveled to london for a vacation.
Rolls royce case with indian king.
Owning a rolls royce used to be a pride.
Did an indian king use six rolls royce cars to haul trash.
Twenty percent of the entire manufactured rolls royce luxury cars built before 1 st world war was procured by the indians.
I heard that an indian asian king who was insulted by the showroom manager of rolls royce london in 1920 bought six rolls royce cars and used them for hauling trash.
The king happened upon a rolls royce showroom and decided to enter to see what the cars were like.
But a famous king from alwar rajasthan used to buy three automobiles at a time.
Then world number one car manufacturer rolls royce were baffled when the news of indian king using their car as garbage van spread the world in matter of no time.
Indian kings and rolls royce had a strong connection back then.
After all six rolls royce car reached india the king ordered the municipality to use all these six cars for the purpose of transporting and collecting the garbage in the city.
This therefore alerted us here on naijauto to the statistics that for every two hundred maharajas there is an estimated acquired 3 5 cars from rolls royce.
The king bought all the six rolls royce cars they had at the showroom and even ordered the salesman to personally deliver the luxury cars to india.
So there he was strolling down bond street adorned in casual english clothing.
This is the story of the famous maharaja of alwar king jai singh who decided to.
Just in case you didn t know.
The maharaja got back to his hotel and asked for an official visit of the indian king to the rolls royce showroom to be arranged.
When he appeared in his formal outfit dressed in sparkling clothes and jewelry the maharaja was welcomed with a red carpet and employees standing on both sides of it paying their respects to the king.
The reputation of rolls royce dropped rapidly all over the world.
After reaching india the king in the presence of the rolls royce salesman ordered municipal department just like todays lawma to use all the six brand new rolls royce cars for cleaning and.
He wanted to travel the streets without being noticed as an english commoner.