National travels
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National Travels is a travel agency located in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 which operates bus transport throughout the country, with almost 1000 employees. The company is recognised by Government of India.

History

National travels was founded by late B.P.Basheer Ahmed and taken over by his sons(Seven of them) and all head the company to date. Services operated in 1927 with 2 Ford vehicles from Shivajinagar
Shivajinagar
Shivajinagar in Bangalore is adjacent to bangalore cantonment area. It is covered by bangalore cantonment area, benson town, st. johns church road, the halsuru lake, rbanm educational institutions buildings, cubbon road, and the queens road. This is one of the oldest areas of bangalore and a...

 to city market.

Package tours

More than 200 buses run on daily services in major cities in South India like Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, Mysore, Mangalore
Mangalore
Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located about west of the state capital, Bangalore. Mangalore lies between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghat mountain ranges, and is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in south western...

, Calicut, Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

, Bombay, Hyderabad, Madras, ooty etc. They even run bus services in rural Mandya, tumkur, and Bangalore districts. The company has Volvo
Volvo
AB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...

 buses.

Contract services

They have Clients from Private sectors and multi-nationals like HMT
HMT
HMT may refer to:* Hart Memorial Trophy*How Many Times , multiple songs*Hindustan Machine Tools*His/Her Majesty's Transport*His/Her Majesty's Trawler*His/Her Majesty's Treasury*His/Her Majesty's Theatre...

, BEML
BEML
Bharat Earth Movers Limited now known as BEML is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking, with headquarters in Bangalore. It manufactures a variety of heavy equipment, such as that used for earth moving, transport and mining....

, BHEL, MICO
Mico
Mico may refer to:* Motor Industries Company, former name for Bosch India* Mico University College, Jamaica* Mitso Asen, Bulgarian tsar* Mico, term in Muskogee meaning chief* Mico, genus of monkey* Mico , Canadian rock band...

, Wipro
Wipro
Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...

, Volvo
Volvo
AB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...

 India, Indian Airlines etc
have made contracts with National Travels to aid their transportation facilities & industrial undertakings and to drop and pick up the employees to their respective workplaces. They have a workshop situated in Kalasipalya, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

.

Other services

Transportation is not the only services which the company provides but also:
  • Al-Kabir educational society
    Al-Kabir educational society
    Al-Kabir educational society is an educational institution in Mysore, founded by late Fahmida Begum in 1987....

    , Mysore.
  • National computer training center, Bangalore.
  • National tile factory, Kunigal.
  • National Steel Corporation
    National Steel Corporation
    The National Steel Corporation was a major American steel producer. It was founded in 1929 through a merger arranged by Weirton Steel with some properties of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation and M.A. Hanna Company. Despite a difficult market in Depression-setting 1930, the company reported USD...

    , Bangalore.

Zameer Ahmed Khan

Zameer Ahmed Khan
Zameer Ahmed Khan
Zameer Ahmed is an MLA from Chamrajpet constituency, Bangalore.Zameer Ahmed Khan was Karnataka's Minister for Wakf and Hajj committee.He unsuccessfully contested from Bangalore Central Parliamentary election on JD ticket in general election of 2009....

 who is a partner in the partnership has also entered politics. He was the Minister
Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....

 of Waft and Hajj
Hajj
The Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so...

 committee in the state government during HD Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 during 2005-2006. Then he resigned to the state Governor
Governor
A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...

following a stand off with the chief minister. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan32007/index04437200713.asp
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