The Dalhousie Institute (DI) and Eastern India Motoring Group (EIMG) joined hands to organise THE DI EIMG HERITAGE VEHICLE DISPLAY 2026 on Sunday, March 15. The event was held at the lawn and the forecourt parking of The Dalhousie Institute where a bevy of 40 heritage vehicles including four and two wheelers and a selection of beautifully restored Fiats from Fiat Users Club of Calcutta (FUCC) were displayed. FUCC is a subsidiary of EIMG who took part in this event for the first time. While the sun kept playing hide and seek from early afternoon and the rain god threatened with an unforeseen downpour, however, it did little to dampen the spirit of the participants. Members of Dalhousie Institute along with their guests were in for a visual treat as some rare and exotic heritage wheels made the onlookers drool in admiration and envy.

Since its inception, EIMG has since been anchoring the revival of the heritage motoring movement in Kolkata. EIMG has been instrumental in organizing some of the most widely appreciated and largely admired heritage motoring events in the city. These stellar events has provided the much needed impetus to heritage vehicle owners and restorers to pursue their passion with added zest to ensure that these beauties turn up at each event looking their best.

Founded in 1859, The Dalhousie Institute is a venerable social club with a rich legacy and heritage of its own. These two iconic organisation – DI and EIMG – came together to create an evening of automobile magic. This collaboration was made possible with the effort of Mr. Shubhajit Kumar, Secretary, EIMG and a heritage car collector himself – who acted as the bridge between DI and EIMG.

Noteworthy among the participating heritage vehicles were Avik Naha’s 1947 Rover 14 P2, a beautifully maintained 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe owned by Swapan Kumar Lahiri, a red hot 1963 Triumph Spitfire owned by Saikat Dutta, Shubhajit Kumar’s 1964 Standard Herald, Debaprem Chatterjee & PS Basha’s 1932 Ford V8 (an old Calcutta car), the 1949 MGYA owned by Sourav Sett, a beautifully restored 1953 Austin Somerset owned by Ranajit Gooptu, Sarojesh Mukherjee’s rare 1958 Ford Zephyr, Sumit Periwal’s 1953 Land Rover Series 1 (a beautiful beast), 1964 Ford Anglia owned by Amritendu Roy and Mercedes-Benz W123, W124 & W126 owned Hemraj Addhikari, Mubarak Maseeh and Srinjoy Sengupta respectively. Sengupta’s 1994 Toyota Land Cruiser also grabbed many eyeballs. The 1923 Panther Sloper owned by Hossain and Terrence Lobo’s 1940 Triumph 3HW were the head turners of the two wheeler category.

The Fiat Users Club of Calcutta (FUCC) was well represented by Deb Kumar Pal’s 1954 Milicento, the 1957 Elegant owned by Sanjeev Ganguly, Rupak Ghosh’s 1958 Milicento, Arijeet Doss Mullick’s 1963 Super Select, the 1969 Delight owned by Vikramjit Kumar and 1986 Premier Padmini owned by Mubaraq Maseeh.

EIMG Founder & President Shrivardhan Kanoria, himself a restorer & collector of national repute had carefully handpicked an enviable selection of heritage vehicles which was part of this grand display. All the vehicles selected for this event were spectacular in their own right with significant historical importance.

Photographs by Mohammed Adnan Aslam