# India license plate: Diplomatic CD

> The India diplomatic CD license plate: format 99 CD 999, for example 91 CD 328, 1989 to today, car and van. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [India license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india) (16 registration series).

![India license plate, Diplomatic CD (1989 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/in/in-diplomatic-cd-1989/india-license-plate-diplomatic-cd.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99 CD 999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1989 → today |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Plate size | 410 × 140 mm |
| Colours | background #00338D; characters #FFFFFF |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `in-diplomatic-cd-1989` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/diplomatic-cd-1989) |

CD is the international corps diplomatique code; the leading number is the mission's, allotted by the Ministry of External Affairs, the trailing one the vehicle's. The ladder decodes further: 1 is the ambassador's official car, 1A and 1B the ambassador's personal ones.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `CD` | Corps diplomatique | diplomatic corps |

Sources:

- [web.archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20211130113450id_/https://morth.nic.in/sites/default/files/CMVR-chapter3.pdf)

## How the region is encoded

NO GEOGRAPHY AND NO STATE CODE.

## How numbers are issued

Rule 76(6)(i)-(vi) is an allocation ladder, and it decodes: "1" is the head of mission's official car; "1A", "1B" … are the head of mission's personal cars; official vehicles other than the head's start at "2"; then other officers' vehicles; then vehicles acquired by the mission or by non-head diplomatic officers, "irrespective of whether such vehicle is for official or personal use". Numbers freed by sale or export may be reissued within the same clause.

## Other diplomatic plates here

- [Non-diplomatic CDP](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/nondiplomatic-cdp-1997) (1997 to today)
- [UN](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/india/un-1995) (1995 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/in/in-diplomatic-cd-1989.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/india?series=in-diplomatic-cd-1989
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/in` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "in-diplomatic-cd-1989"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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