Bothra Group of India is as old as almost 50 years. The Group was founded by Late. Mr. R K Bothra. The initial activity of the Group being just Textile Trading, which had then started its own manufacturing unit in Calcutta. In 1975, there was a sudden diversification into the Group activities and there came into the picture - Auto Financing. Mr. Bijay Bothra S/o Mr. R K Bothra is now the Managing Director cum CEO of the Group Operations in India. He joined the group activities in the year 1978 and since then the Auto Financing had found a strong footing with the group. By 1980, the Group was full fledged in to the Auto Financing and there was no scope of looking back but rapid growth.

In the year 1995, our Flagship Company M/s Classic Leasing & Finance Ltd. came out with a Public issue and the company was widely accepted by Indian public. The issue was oversubscribed and the shares of the company are currently quoted with stock exchanges at smart Rs. 33/-.

Without having any Dealership of Maruti Vehicles, we stood as one of the top most traders of Maruti vehicles with Financial assistance from 1990-95. During the period, we also shared business relationships with all the top Manufacturers like TELCO, Hindustan Motors Ltd., Maruti Udyog Ltd., Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., Swaraj Mazda Ltd., etc.

 

In the year 1997, there was yet another diversification and the group apart from financing the vehicles, now started representing various automobile giants like Ford, Piaggio Vehicles Ltd. Daewoo Motors India Ltd. and Swaraj Mazda Ltd., Skoda-Auto India Ltd.

The Group owns most modern showrooms all at posh most locations and State-of-the-art Workshops well equipped with the latest technology for a world class automobile in the city of Kolkata. Strong & Effective Representation of Ford by our group could be best judged if you look at the market share of Ikon in Eastern Region Vs. India wide. While the consolidated national market share of Ikon is estimated at 22%, the Eastern Region mainly represented by Bothra Ford has Ikon capturing 33% market share.Even our Daewoo Dealership achieved two awards for Super Achievers in two consecutive contesting period.

2005 was yet another year of diversification and this time it was a collaboration with Dugars of Nepal. In joint collaboration the Group plunged into the Steel Industry and set up an Integrated Steel Plant Kohinoor Steel Pvt. Ltd. in Jamshedpur. The Group now aims to take plunge into the Paper & Rubber Industry in long term..

Even our Daewoo Dealership achieved two awards for Super Achievers in two consecutive contesting period. 2005 was yet another year of diversification and this time it was a collaboration with Dugars of Nepal. In joint collaboration the Group plunged into the Steel Industry and set up an Integrated Steel Plant Kohinoor Steel Pvt. Ltd. in Jamshedpur. The Group now aims to take plunge into the Paper & Rubber Industry in long term.