India’s costliest number plate sold for Rs 1.17 cr. Here’s why it’s special

Nov 27, 2025 | 21:28 IST

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Forty-five bidders, a flurry of last-minute bids, and a final price that stunned even seasoned participants — the auction of a number plate in Haryana lays bare the lucrative business behind India’s fancy number plate craze

Late Wednesday afternoon, in the final minutes of Haryana’s weekly fancy number plate e-auction, dozens of bidders sat glued to their laptops — nervously refreshing their screens, running numbers in their heads, waiting for someone else to blink first.

And then, the blink. Everybody sat stunned. A registration number had shattered all previous records to become the costliest number plate ever sold in India. It was: HR 88 B 8888

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India’s costliest number plate sold for Rs 1.17 cr. Here’s why it’s special

Forty-five bidders, a flurry of last-minute bids, and a final price that stunned even seasoned participants — the auction of a number plate in Haryana lays bare the lucrative business behind India’s fancy number plate craze

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India’s costliest number plate sold for Rs 1.17 cr. Here’s why it’s special

Forty-five bidders, a flurry of last-minute bids, and a final price that stunned even seasoned participants — the auction of a number plate in Haryana lays bare the lucrative business behind India’s fancy number plate craze

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