Jamshedji
Jamshedji Tata
Born	3 March 1839(1839-03-03) Navsari, Gujarat, India
Died	19 May 1904 (aged 65) Bad Nauheim, Germany
Occupation	Businessman
Spouse	Hirabai Daboo

Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata (March 3, 1839 - May 19, 1904) was a pioneer in the field of modern industry. He was born in Navsari, Gujarat, India. Image File history File links JNTata. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Image File history File links British_Raj_Red_Ensign. ... , Navsari (Gujarati: નવસારી) is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Gujarat. ... This article is for the Indian state. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_German_Empire. ... Bad Nauheim is a town in the Wetteraukreis district of Hesse state of Germany. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... , Navsari (Gujarati: નવસારી) is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Gujarat. ... This article is for the Indian state. ...

He founded what would later become the Tata Group of companies. Jamsetji Tata is regarded as the "father of Indian industry".^[1] The Tata Group is Indias largest conglomerate company, with revenues in 2005-06 of Rs. ...

Early life

Jamshedji Tata was born to Nusserwanji and Jeevanbai Tata on 3 March 1839 in Navsari, a small town in South Gujarat. Nusserwanji Tata was the first businessman in a family of Parsi Zoroastrian priests. He moved to Bombay and started trading. is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... , Navsari (Gujarati: નવસારી) is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Gujarat. ... This article is about the Parsi community. ... Zoroastrianism was adapted from an earlier, polytheistic faith by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) in Persia very roughly around 1000 BC (although, in the absence of written records, some scholars estimates are as late as 600 BC). ...

Jamshedji joined him in Bombay at the age of 14 and enrolled at the Elphinstone College. He was married to Hirabai Daboo^[2] while he was still a student.^[3] He graduated from college in 1858 and joined his father's trading firm. It was a turbulent time to step into business as the Indian Rebellion of 1857 had just been crushed by the British government. Elphinstone College, Mumbai is one of the oldest in the University of Mumbai system, being established in 1824 and formally constituted in 1835. ... Belligerents Rebellious East India Company Sepoys, 7 Indian princely states, deposed rulers of the independent states of Oudh, Jhansi Some Indian civilians. ...

Business

Statue of J. N. Tata at Indian Institute of Science at the faculty hall with a miniature model of the faculty hall in his hand

Jamsetji worked in his father's firm till the age of 29. In 1868, he started a trading company with a seed capital of Rs. 21,000. In 1869, he acquired a bankrupt oil mill in Chinchpokli, converted it into a cotton mill and renamed the mill to Alexandra Mill. He sold the mill two years later for a healthy profit. Thereafter he set up a cotton mill in Nagpur in 1874. He christened it Empress Mill on 1 January 1877 when Queen Victoria was proclaimed empress of India. Download high resolution version (480x640, 30 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (480x640, 30 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a premier post-graduate institution of research and higher learning located in Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), India. ... Chinchpokli is the name of a railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway line. ... , Nāgpur   (Marathi: नागपुर) Third largest city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune with a population of 2. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ...

The period following the establish of Empress Mill was the most poignant period of Jamsetji's life. Over the next thirty years till his death in 1904, Jamsetji laid the foundations for the Tata Group as we know it today.

He devoted himself to bringing to fruition three of his key ideas: setting up an iron and steel company, a world class learning institution and a hydro electric plant. Ironically none of the ideas became a reality during his lifetime.^[4]

However, the foundations laid by him and hard work by his successors ensured that each of the ideas were eventually established and are respectable entities in their respective fields today:

• Tata Steel (formerly TISCO - Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited) is Asia's first and India's largest integrated private sector steel company producing 4 million tonnes of steel annually.^[5]
• The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research was founded by Dr. Homi Bhabha. Dr. Homi Bhabha approached J.R.D Tata requesting his support towards the establishing of a scientific institution. The institution was founded in 1945.^[6]
• The Tata Power Company Limited is India’s largest private sector electricity generating company with an installed generation capacity of over 2300 MW.^[7]

Among his notable ventures that did bear fruition during his lifetime was the historical Taj Mahal Hotel in Colaba district in Mumbai.^[8] The hotel was completed for a princely sum of Rs. 4,21,00,000 on 16 December 1903. Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is a steel company based in Mumbai, India. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Tata Power Company Limited is India’s largest private sector electricity 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. ... A view of the hotel at night The Taj Mahal Palace is a prestigious hotel located in the Colaba district of Mumbai, India, next to the Gateway of India. ... Colaba is a part of the city of Bombay. ... is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

Legacy

The company started by Jamsetji Tata came to be known as the Tata Group and is today among the largest and most respected companies of India. The Tata Group is Indias largest conglomerate company, with revenues in 2005-06 of Rs. ...

Jamsetji, was however, known for much more than just starting a company. He was a pioneer in his field and thought way ahead of his times.

When he started the Empress Mills in Nagpur, he didn't just think of novel ways to manufacture textiles, he also put in place very good labour practices. This was long before any labour laws came into existence.

He was also a nationalist. Though India remained under British rule while he was alive, he interacted with activists such as Dadabhai Naoroji and Pherozeshah Mehta. He was strongly influenced by their thinking. However, he always maintained that political freedom must be accompanied by economic self sufficiency. Not only did he manage to create thousands of jobs, he paved the way for many future enterprises. The establishment of Indian Institute of Science was initiated by him. Statue of Naoroji in Mumbai Dadabhai Naoroji (6 September 1825 – 30 June 1917) was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political leader. ... Sir Pherozeshah Mehta was an early Indian political leader and social activist, and a renowned and wealthy barrister. ... The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a premier post-graduate institution of research and higher learning located in Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), India. ...

Jamshedpur, also known as Tatanagar, a city in the Indian state of Jharkhand is named after him. The Tata Group has many facilities there, including Tata Steel. , Jamsehdpur   (जमशेदपूर in Devanagari) is a city located in the state of Jharkand in India, founded by the late Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata. ... India is a federal republic comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. ... , Jharkhand   (Hindi: झारखंड, Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ড,IPA: ) is a state in eastern India. ... The Tata Group is Indias largest conglomerate company, with revenues in 2005-06 of Rs. ... Tata Steel, formerly known as TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited), is a steel company based in Mumbai, India. ...

Biography

• For the Love of India: The Life and Times of Jamsetji Tata by R M Lala (ISBN 0-670-05782-7)
• For the love of India (excerpt) - at Tata company historical site

References

1. ^ JAMSHEDJI TATA Founder of TATA Industries
2. ^ Family Tree of the Tatas. Retrieved on September 9, 2006.
3. ^ Biography on TIFR website. Retrieved on September 9, 2006.
4. ^ Biography on the official website of Tata. Retrieved on September 9, 2006.
5. ^ Tata Steel website. Retrieved on September 9, 2006.
6. ^ [1] Homi Bhabha]
7. ^ Tata Power website. Retrieved on September 9, 2006.
8. ^ Taj Hotels website. Retrieved on September 9, 2006.

• http://www.epw.org.in/epw/uploads/articles/8045.pdf Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, A Centenary Tribute

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External links

• History of Tata through images
• Brief Lifestory of Jamsetji Tata