There was actually a zebra-drawn carriage on the streets of Calcutta in 1930s!!

Manmatha Nath, the youngest son of well-known philanthropist Jadulal Mullick (1844-1894) acquired a pair of zebras from Alipore Zoological Gardens to pull his carriage through the streets of Calcutta.

According to Mullicks, he did it as a challenge to prove that he can even tame a wild zebra to pull his carriage. He was an adventurous man who liked to try new things. He had a large stable of horses that he trained himself. He kept the carriage and the zebras in the garden house at Beliaghata in Raja Rajendra Lal Mitra Stree