 In 1949, Eicher GoodEarth, was set up in India with technical collaboration with Gebr.Eicher of Germany, imported and sold about 1500 tractors in India.On 24 April 1959 Eicher came out with the first locally assembled tractor from its Faridabad factory and in a period from 1965 to 1974 became the first fully manufactured (100% indigenisation) tractor in India.