When Ola’s Bhavish was insulted like ‘Gandhi’, the history of the country changed
Rahul Tiwari September 20, 2024 12:21 PM

It is said that history repeats itself, and many times an incident of 'insult' in life changes the course of events in the entire history. If you sit down to dig into the history of the world, you will find that many big movements and revolutions started because of this 'insult' and a new chapter of India's freedom movement started because of this 'insult'. But this story is of Ola's founder Bhavish Aggarwal, in whose life a similar incident happened as happened with Mahatma Gandhi at Pietermaritzburg railway station in South Africa, know about it…

Ola started as a cab service company. But the idea of ​​starting this cab service came to him when a cab driver dropped him off from the cab in the middle of the road and left him there. What happened to Bhavish Aggarwal?

When the driver dropped Bhavish from the cab in the middle of the road

This is the time when Bhavish Aggarwal was studying in college. Then a cab driver dropped Bhavish from the car in the middle of the road. The main reason for the fight between Bhavish and the cab driver was the driver's demand for more than the pre-decided fare. However, at that time Bhavish felt helpless and was filled with anger. But it is said that everyone's stars change.

The same happened with Bhavish Aggarwal and after some time he started Ola Cabs. This service changed the way people of the country travel forever. Today Bhavish Aggarwal has also started Ola Electric. It is one of the largest electric 2-wheeler companies in the country.

In the coming days, his company is going to increase its focus on many products including Artificial Intelligence, electric cars and electric bikes, which will be a big achievement in the history of the country.

What happened to Gandhi at Pietermaritzburg station?

A similar incident of 'insult' happened with Mahatma Gandhi at Pietermaritzburg station in South Africa. His story is from 1893, when Mahatma Gandhi used to practice law. It was on 7 June, Mahatma Gandhi was travelling in first class in a train. At that time apartheid or racial discrimination was at its peak in South Africa. Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of the first class by a white man at Pietermaritzburg station because Mahatma Gandhi was not white.

This one incident shook Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi from within. After this, he started a big movement against racism in South Africa itself. The whole world knows the history after that, how Gandhi came to India and then the entire direction of the country's freedom struggle changed.

'Insult' also played a role in the formation of Tata

However, this is not the only incident of taking revenge for 'insult'. Tata Group founder Jamshedji Tata was also treated in a similar 'insult' manner in a Mumbai hotel, for which he took revenge by building Mumbai's 'Taj Hotel'. Today it is one of the most luxurious hotel brands in the world. Foreign guests are always in its guest list.

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