their popularity waned after World War II. No new licenses for rickshaws have been issued since 1975, and only a few old men--three as of 2017--still hold a license. It is reported that only one of them still offers rickshaw rides on The Peak, mainly for tourists. But he retired in 2020.

India

Around 1880, rickshaws appeared in India, first in Simla. At the turn of the century, it was introduced in Kolkata

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