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MUMBAI, INDIA —The Bajaj Group today officially enters its centenary year, marking 100 years of operation (1926-2026). From its roots in India’s freedom struggle to its present standing as a US$ 148 Billion global conglomerate, this milestone represents a century built on unshakeable ethics, relentless industrial growth, and transformation across every sector it has touched.

It began in 1926 as a single vision held by one man, Jamnalal Bajaj. That vision has since grown into a vast, multi-industry ecosystem that touches the everyday lives of millions. Guided by Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of trusteeship, the belief that business exists to serve society, not the other way around, the Group built its empire the hard way: through trust earned generation after generation. Today, the Bajaj Group collectively serves one in every three Indian households and proudly exports world-class Indian engineering and services to over 100 countries.

When looking back at this incredible arc, the Group’s narrative is defined not by cold financial metrics, but by a rich tapestry of human stories and a profound spirit of social responsibility. In 1928, decades before corporate social responsibility became a boardroom buzzword, the Bajaj family threw open the doors of the Laxmi Narayan Mandir to everyone, regardless of caste, making it one of India’s earliest and boldest acts of social integration. Years later, that same conviction rolled out onto India’s streets in the form of the Bajaj Chetak. It was never just a scooter. It was a family’s first taste of independence, a wedding gift, a symbol that hard work had finally paid off, parked proudly outside homes across the country for generations. And in 2016, that patriotism took on a new, unforgettable shape when the Group acquired the decommissioned steel of India’s first aircraft carrier, the INS Vikrant, and forged it into the Bajaj V, a motorcycle literally built from the bones of national pride.

That single thread of trust has tightly woven itself into the fabric of everyday life through everything the Group touches today. India builds and dreams bigger with Bajaj Finserv quietly standing behind it, powering ambitions across finance. It rests easier under the protection of Bajaj General Insurance and Bajaj Life Insurance, standing between millions of families and life’s uncertainties. It runs on power it rarely thinks about, carried silently across the nation by Bajel Projects. It stands on steel it never sees, the railways, the defence lines, the industry, forged by Mukand Steel. Bajaj Indef brings the industrial muscle that lifts the very foundations of Indian manufacturing. Hind Musafir Agency, for over seven decades, has been quietly reuniting families and connecting people across borders, one journey at a time. And now, with the launch of Bajaj Integrated Health Systems, a bold, multi-crore step into healthcare built around a patient-first “continuum of care” model, the Group is once again proving that its real product has never just been machines or money. It has always been dignity.

As the Bajaj Group crosses the threshold into its second century, its gaze turns firmly toward a sustainable, electric, and digitally intelligent future. With a global workforce of over 130,000 people standing behind it, the Group continues to pour itself into green energy, deep-tech financial systems, and grassroots community development. But the Bajaj Group’s Leadership Team was clear about what this centenary truly means: it isn’t a celebration of scale. It’s a celebration of relationships that have lasted a hundred years. Technology will keep changing, they said. What won’t change are the values that got them here, and the trust of the millions of families who chose to walk this journey with them, one century closed, the next just beginning.