One
day during his visit to London, Maharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur was walking in casual dress in
Bond Street. He saw a Rolls Royce showroom and went inside to inquire about the
Price and Features etc of their cars.
Considering him just another Poor Indian citizen, showroom salesmen insulted him and almost showed him the way out of the showroom. After this insult, Maharaja came back to his Hotel room and asked his secretary to call the showroom that King of Jodhpur city is interested in purchasing their few Cars.
After few hours King reached the Rolls Royce showroom again but with his full astonishing royal manner and in his royal costume. Until he reached the showroom there was already red carpet on the floor and all the salesmen were bent with respect. The King purchased all the six cars that they had at showroom at that time and paid full amount with delivery costs.
After reaching India, King ordered municipal department to use all those six Rolls Royce cars for cleaning and transporting city’s waste. World’s number one Rolls Royce cars were being used for transportation of City’s waste, the news spread all over the world rapidly and the reputation of Rolls Royce Company was in drains.
Whenever someone used to boast in Europe or America that he owned a Rolls Royce, people used to laugh saying, “which one? The same that is used in India for carrying the waste of the City?”
Due to such reputation damages, sales of Rolls Royce dropped rapidly and revenue of company owners started falling down.
Considering him just another Poor Indian citizen, showroom salesmen insulted him and almost showed him the way out of the showroom. After this insult, Maharaja came back to his Hotel room and asked his secretary to call the showroom that King of Jodhpur city is interested in purchasing their few Cars.
After few hours King reached the Rolls Royce showroom again but with his full astonishing royal manner and in his royal costume. Until he reached the showroom there was already red carpet on the floor and all the salesmen were bent with respect. The King purchased all the six cars that they had at showroom at that time and paid full amount with delivery costs.
After reaching India, King ordered municipal department to use all those six Rolls Royce cars for cleaning and transporting city’s waste. World’s number one Rolls Royce cars were being used for transportation of City’s waste, the news spread all over the world rapidly and the reputation of Rolls Royce Company was in drains.
Whenever someone used to boast in Europe or America that he owned a Rolls Royce, people used to laugh saying, “which one? The same that is used in India for carrying the waste of the City?”
Due to such reputation damages, sales of Rolls Royce dropped rapidly and revenue of company owners started falling down.
Then the Management of Rolls Royce ( top Manager ), flew to Jodhpur to meet the King of Jodhpur asking an appointment. The King, didn't grant his time unitl 3 days. At that time, there were no hotels in Jodhpur where the Manager of Rolls Royce could stay. Hence, he flew to Mumbai and stayed there. On third day, he flew back to Jodhpur and met the King. Manager asked the King for pardon and asked if the King would return the Rolls Royce cars to the company. Now, the ball was in the King's court. He put forward 3 conditions for return of the cars to the company. Condition 1: The Manager has to write an apology to the King for their act and has to promise the King no Indian would be treated badly in future. Condition 2: Company has to pay the King 3 times purchase price if the King has to return the cars(eg.if the King bought the car for Rs.1 Lakh, company has to pay him Rs.3 Lakhs to buy back the car ). Condition 3: An Exclusive Car to be made only for the King and no replica of the same car to be available in the world. Manager of Rolls Royce agreed on all 3 conditions of the King. The Exclusive Model Rolls Royce is on display even now in Jodhpur and is still in driving condition.
He is also famous to be known as the first Indian to own an aircraft and a pilot license.
He is also famous to be known as the first Indian to own an aircraft and a pilot license.
Source: from former private secretary of the Royal Family.
