1 / 6 M&M, known as Mahindra & Mahindra and led by Anand Mahindra today, is one of India’s biggest business groups. But not many people know that the company was originally called Mahindra & Mohammed. How it all started 2 / 6 In 1945, in Ludhiana, Punjab, brothers Kailash Chandra Mahindra and Jagdish Chandra Mahindra started a steel trading company. They partnered with Ghulam Mohammed and to reflect this partnership, they named the company Mahindra & Mohammed. To avoid wasting it, they kept the initials and changed the full name to Mahindra & Mahindra.

Source: News 24 April 10, 2026 05:08 UTC