verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message mahindra group website mahindra gujarat mahindra gujarat tractor limited acquired by mahindra & mahindra from the government of gujarat in 1999 is the oldest running tractor unit in india . the mahindra group has a 60 % stake the remaining 40 % being held by the government of gujarat . originally founded in 1964 in cooperation with motokov praha zetor of czechoslovakia . 1 the company is based in the state of gujarat . in 1912 bombay based pashabhai patel used to import tractors through m s pashabhai patel & co. after independence he was asked to procure 500 tractors by the prime minister sri jawaharlal nehru . licence was issued to the company which entered into collaboration with motokov praha czechoslovakia and the name of the company was changed to tractor & bulldozer pvt. ltd. in 1964 . due to unavoidable problems this company was handed over to gujarat agro in 1972 and its name changed to hindustan tractor ltd. the company changed hands again in 1978 when the gujarat state government took it in its own hands and renamed it as gujarat tractor corporation ltd. gtcl . after the disinvestment in 1999 it was renamed as mahindra gujarat tractor ltd. mgtl . today when the tractors are sold under the shaktimaan and farmplus brands in the 30 60 hp range . 2 mahindra & mahindra has now incorporated the shaktimaan and farmplus brands of tractors of mahindra gujarat tractor limited mgtl as its subsidiary and is manufacturing its 30 hp and 35 hp models at its own plant at nagpur which are marketed by mgtl . for the other models only the engines are manufactured at mgtl plant and the transmissions are manufactured by m & m itself . strict quality control is maintained by m & m. the vadodara plant has also been renovated and modern assembly systems have been installed there . when mgtl edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message mahindra gujarat tractor limited mgtl has its head office at vadodara formerly baroda gujarat . sri s.o. tyagi is the head of mgtl and sri pavan deolia is the general manager of marketing . mahindra gujarat tractor limited mgtl has been a subsidiary of mahindra & mahindra m & m since 1999 . the company operated as gujarat tractor corporation limited promoted by the government of gujarat gog in 1978 and manufactured and marketed tractors under hindustan brand name . the company presently when manufactures powerful and fuel efficient tractors in a range from 30 60 hp marketed under the shaktimaan and farmplus brands . mgtl is an iso 9001 2008 and ohsas18001 2007 certified company . the company has a very good marketing network across india having 13 area offices and around 225 dealers . references edit report archived september 23 2006 at the wayback machine . mahindra gujarat tractor archived september 27 2007 at the wayback machine . external links edit mahindra gujarat website mahindra and mahindra mahindra group v t e mahindra group divisions and subsidiaries india based mahindra epc mahindra ugine steel tech mahindra mahindra & mahindra mahindra gujarat mahindra tractors mahindra truck and bus reva mahindra holidays & resorts mahindra aerospace mahindra & mahindra financial services limited other ssangyong motor company jiangling tractors gippsaero other anand mahindra kailash chandra mahindra mahindra united world college of india category this article about indian agriculture is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mahindra gujarat & oldid 729450525 categories tractor manufacturers of indiaeconomy of gujaratmahindra groupindian agriculture stubshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing additional references from december 2010all articles needing additional referencesvague or ambiguous time from may 2015articles needing additional references from may 2015all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 july 2016 at 08 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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