Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (March 3, 1839- May 19, 1904) was a Parsi Zoroastrian and a pioneer in the field of modern industry. He was born in Navsari, Gujarat, India. March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about (members of) the Parsi Zoroastrian community in and from India. ... 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). ... Navsari is an administrative district in the state of Gujarat in India. ... Gujarat (Gujarati: , Hindi: ,, IPA ; also spelled Gujrat and sometimes Gujarath). ...

Industry and Tata group

He founded what would later become the Tata Group of companies. Jamsetji Tata is generally accepted to be the "father of Indian industry". Tata is one of the oldest and best-known groups of companies in India. ...

Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, Founder of Tata Group and one of the founding father of Industries in India

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Contribution to Education

Jamsetji initiated process of setting up an institute of higher education, which resulted in founding of Indian Institute of Science, Banglore. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is one of the premier post-graduate institutions of research and higher learning located in Bangalore, India. ... Bangalore (ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು in Kannada) is the capital city of Karnataka. ...

Mark Twain was a guest of Tata when the author came to Bombay. Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, novelist, writer, and lecturer. ...

The Indian city of Jamshedpur, famous for its steel, is named Tatanagar also after him. A city founded by the late Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata, Jamsehdpur (जमशेदपूर in Devanagari), India, then known as Sakchi was home to the first private Iron and Steel company of India. ... Tatanagar is the station name for the city of Jamshedpur located in the state of Jharkhand. ...

Biography

• For the Love of India: The Life and Times of Jamsetji Tata by R M Lala (ISBN 0670057827)
• For the love of India (excerpt) - at Tata company historical site

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External links

• Biography on Official website
• The Indian Institute of Science
• http://www.tajhotels.com The Taj Group of Hotels
• Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata: The founder of the Tata Empire