Dorab Tata (August 27, 1859-June 3, 1932), industrialist and philanthropist, and a key figure in the history and development of the Tata industrial empire. Dorabji Tata was knighted in 1910 for his contributions to industry in British India. August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Tata is one of the oldest and best-known groups of companies in India. ... -1... The British Empire at its zenith in 1919. ...

Dorab, or Sir Dorabji, as he was later known, was the elder son of Hirabai and Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata. He received his primary education at the Proprietary High School in Bombay (now Mumbai) before travelling to England in 1875, where he was privately tutored. He entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1879, where he remained for two years before returing to Bombay in 1879. He continued his studies at St. Xavier's College, Bombay, where he obtained a degree in 1882. Jamshetji Tata (1839-1904) was a pioneer in the field of modern industry. ... Mumbai (Marathi/Hindi: मुंबई) (pronounced ), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, and the most populous city of India, with an estimated population of about 13 million (as of 2006)[1]. Mumbai is located on Salsette Island, off the west coast of Maharashtra. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked... Full name Gonville and Caius College Motto Named after Edmund Gonville & John Caius Previous names Gonville Hall (1348), Gonville & Caius (1557) Established 1348, refounded 1557 Sister College(s) Brasenose College Master Sir Christopher Hum Location Trinity St Undergraduates 468 Postgraduates 291 Homepage Boatclub Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, generally known... St. ...

Upon graduating, Dorab worked for two years as a journalist at the Bombay Gazette. In 1884, he joined the cotton business division of his father's firm. He was first sent to Pondicherry, then a French colony, in order to determine whether a cotton mill might be profitable there. Thereafter, he was sent to Nagpur, in order to learn the cotton trade at the Empress Mills which had been founded by his father in 1877. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... French Colonies is the name used by philatelists to refer to the postage stamps issued by France for use in the parts of the French colonial empire that did not have stamps of their own. ... Nāgpur City name is derived from River Nag which flows through the city. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

He was then sent to Mysore State, where he was advised to call on Dr. H. J. Bhabha, the first Indian Inspector-General of Education. Dorab did so, where he met Bhabha's daughter Meherbai, who he married in 1897. The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states within the erstwhile British Empire of India. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Dorabji was intimately involved in the fulfilment of his father's ideas of a modern iron and steel industry, and agreed to the necessity for hydroelectric electricity to power the industry. Dorab is credited with the establishment of the Tata Steel and Tata Power companies, which are the core of the present-day Tata Group. Dorabji is known to have personally accompanied the mineralogists who were searching for iron fields, and it is said that his presence encouraged the researchers to look in areas that would otherwise have been neglected. Under Dorabji's management, the business that had once included three cotton mills and the Taj Hotel Bombay grew to include India's largest private sector steel company, three electric companies and one of India’s leading insurance companies. Bold textEnvisioned by Jamshetji Tata and established in 1907, Tata Steel (formerly TISCO - Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited) is Asias first and Indias largest integrated private sector steel company. ... The Tata Power Company Limited is India’s largest private sector generating Company with an installed generation capacity of over 2300 MW. The Company has emerged as a pioneer in the Indian power sector, with a track record of performance, customer care and sustained growth. ... Tata is one of the oldest and best-known groups of companies in India. ... The Taj Mahal Hotel is located in the Colaba district of Mumbai, India, next to the Gateway of India. ...

Dorabji was extremely fond of sports, and was a pioneer in the Indian Olympic movement. As President of the Indian Olympic Association, he financed the Indian contingent to the Paris Olympics in 1924. The Indian Olympic Association is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympics and other international athletic meets and for managing the Indian teams at the events. ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Meherbai Tata died of leukaemia in 1931 at the age of 52. Shortly after her death, Dorabji established the Lady Tata Memorial Trust to advance the study into diseases of the blood. On March 11, 1932, one year after Meherbai's death and shortly before his own, he established a trust fund which was to be used "without any distinction of place, nationality or creed," for the advancement of learning and research, disaster relief, and other philanthropic purposes. That trust is today known as the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust. Dorabji additionally provided the seed money to fund the setting up of India's premier scientific and engineering research institution, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Leukemia (leukaemia in Commonwealth English) is a group of blood diseases characterized by malignancies (cancer) of the blood-forming tissues. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a premier post-graduate institution of research and higher learning located in Bangalore, India. ... The Vidhana Soudha is the seat of Karnatakas Legislative assembly Bangalore (Kannada: ; (?) in Kannada and // in English) is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. ...

Dorabji died in Bad Kissingen, Germany on June 3, 1932, at the age of 73. He is buried alongside his wife Meherbai in Brookwood Cemetery, England. They had no children. Bad Kissingen is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Bad Kissingen. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... World War I Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial, within the ground of Brookwood Cemetery Brookwood Cemetery is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked...

Further reading

• Biography at the Dorabji Tata Trust
• Biography at Tata Central Archives
• Tata family tree