Interestingly Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's car Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (1924), claimed and maintained by Karim Chappra, a businessman from Karachi is displayed in Kuwait Concours elegance - 2012. It is the first time in the history of Pakistan that Muhammad Ali Jinnah's car is displayed internationally. Hala Pakistan Team, Pakistani Embassy, and Ambassador Iftekhar Aziz in Kuwait took special interest to carry this car to Kuwait for the 150000 Pakistanis expatriates.
Concours d'Elegance is an automobile rivalry that judges the designs and styles of elegant, sumptuous classic cars. It started in Paris during the 1920s, the period just after "Belle Epoque." around then, Paris, a city loaded with art and hedonism, became the world's cultural capital. In the upscale social Parisian circles, individuals became infatuated with the extravagance of automobiles, the front line of all the latest technologies. Kuwait Concours d'Elegance is in the Italian style as are many revived Concours d'Elegance held since the 1980s.
Historical significance: The car that Jinnah, who was to shortly turn into the first governor-general of Pakistan, rode in had been custom-made for his associate, the Nawab of Bhawalpur. "After the death of Nawab, the car was secured in his palace for quite some time, while his heirs battled it out in court.
The car is a 1924 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Tourer that the Father of the Pakistani Nation Muhammed Ali Jinnah, and Lord Mountbatten, the last viceroy of British India, rode in en route to sign the declaration of freedom on August 14, 1947.
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