{"id":670,"date":"2010-05-25T21:41:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T21:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=670"},"modified":"2010-05-25T21:41:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T21:41:31","slug":"punjabi-number-1-registration-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/25\/punjabi-number-1-registration-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjabi Number 1 Registration Plate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>It might take a lot to be number one in any sphere. But the Punjabi  spirit of making it to the top by any means \u2014 including by paying  millions of rupees \u2014 has paid off for one man, who now has &#8220;number one&#8221;  on his luxury vehicle&#8217;s number plate.<\/p>\n<p>Chandigarh resident Narinder Singh Shergill is the first man in the  region to pay more than one million rupees (Dh78,295) for the vehicle  registration number of his choice \u2014 0001.<\/p>\n<p>Shergill&#8217;s adventure in picking up the expensive number at an auction  here last week may have earned a rebuke from his wife but the proud  owner of the CH-01AC-0001 number plate said he had no regrets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My wife did get angry when I went home after buying the number at  the auction,&#8221; Shergill who is an agriculturist now dealing in real  estate said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always wanted that number and for something that you really  desire, the price does not remain important.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It might take a lot to be number one in any sphere. 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