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This PPT gives a brief insight into the contribution of Parsis to the business and political sphere before independence. This was presented as a part of my course called " Management Communication through Indian History"
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CONTRIBUTION OF PARSIS TO POLITICS AND BUSINESS
DURING THE COLONIAL ERAAaditya Nagpal
Ashima AggarwalAkrita FotedarHarsimrat Kaur
Shivi Garg
THE SUGAR IN MILK STORY
PARSEES
MINISCULE PART OF INDIAN CULTURE
Member of one of the two Zoroastrian communities found throughout South Asia
Who emigrated to India to avoid religious persecution by the Muslims in 7th - 8th century.
WHO IS A PARSEE ?
(FARAVAHAR)
THE PARSI COMMUNITYConsists of :
•Parsees who are descended from the original Persian emigrants
•Iranis professing the Zoroastrian religion
•Children of Parsee fathers by alien mothers
PLACE OF WORSHIP
TOWER OF SILENCEMalabar Hill
Mumbai
PARSI FIRE TEMPLEFort AreaMumbai
ORIGIN•Parsees initially settled at Hormuz on the Persian Gulf
•Settled in areas around Surat
•Became Local Interpreters
•Well positioned as Interlocutors
•English Language & British Customs
•Sent their youth to apprentice under British
supervision
•Establised the First Cotton Mill in India in 1854
DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICSPopulation of the Community
0.998%
0.002%
Population Parsis
Gender ratio among Parsis
MALE 1000FEMALE
933
LITERACY RATE
URBAN RESIDENTS
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
PARSISNATIONAL AV-ERAGE
CONTRIBUTION OF SOME PROMINENT PARSIS IN
POLITICS
DADOBHAI NAOROJI“Grand Old Man of India”
Founding father of INC Published Poverty and un-British Rule Member of Parliament in the House of
Commons in England Founded the Rahnumae Mazdayasne Sabha Published the Rast Goftar (the Truth Teller)
PHEROZSHAH MEHTA
Drafted the Bombay Municipal Act of 1872 The ‘father of Bombay Municipality’ Began an English weekly called the Bombay
Chronicle Presented with the Order of Knight
Commander of the Indian Empire (KCIE) Master’s degree from the University of
Mumbai
MADAM CAMA
Wrote, published and distributed a lot of revolutionary literature for the Indian freedom movement, which was smuggled into India through Pondicherry.
Unfurled the ‘Flag of Indian Independence’
BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN COLONIAL INDIA
A FOUR PRONGED STRATEGY•Gandhi’s return from South Africa.
•Gandhian scheme of things:1. Emphasis on gram swarajya and rural
autonomy.2. Advocacy of cottage and small scale
industries.3. Stress on abrogation of wealth.
• Reform act 1919• Indian industrial conference dissolved
in 1926.
• To remain neutral was the policy adopted.
• The servants of India Society.
In all humility I may say that I have come here also as a friend of the capitalists -- a friend of the Tatas. And here it would be ungrateful on my part, if I do not give you a
little anecdote about how my connection with the Tatas began. In South Africa when I was struggling along with the Indians in the attempt to retain our self-respect and to
vindicate our status it was Sir Ratan Tata who first came forward with assistance.' -- Extract from Mahatma Gandhi's speech delivered at Jamshedpur on August 8,
1925.
FOUR PRONGED SRATEGY
•Keep aloof agitational aspects of freedom struggle.• Support with funds• influence policy formation by the congress• Act in unison with the nationalist
THE BOMBAY PLANThe signatories of the Plan were :1. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, 2. Ghanshyam Das Birla, 3. Ardeshir Dalal, 4. Sri Ram,5. Kasturbhai Lalbhai, 6. Ardeshir Darabshaw Shroff, 7. Sir Purshottamdas Thakurdas and 8. John Mathai.
CONTRIBUTION OF PARSIS TO THE INDIAN BUSINESS
THE HOUSES OF TATAS
Bombay House, the headquarters of the TATA Group in Bombay’s FORT Area
THE MAN WHO SAW TOMORROW
Jamshedji Nusserwanji TataFounder
TATA Group
“The wealth gathered by Jamsetji Tata and his sons in half a century of industrial pioneering formed but a minute fraction of the amount by which they enriched the nation. The whole of that wealth is held in trust for the people and used exclusively for their benefit. The cycle is thus complete. What came from the people has gone back to the people many times over”— JRD Tata
FOR THE LOVE OF INDIA
“The projects he envisioned laid the foundation for the nation’s development once it became independent”
THE BEGINNING OF STEEL INDUSTRY IN INDIA
The Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO, but now renamed, Tata Steel) was registered in Bombay on 26th August 1907.
Success came when the first blast furnace was blown-in on 2nd December 1911, and the first ingot rolled on 16th February 1912.
THE CITY WHICH THE TATAS BUILTJAMSHEDPUR
“Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick-growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space for lawns and gardens. Reserve large areas for football, hockey and parks. Earmark areas for Hindu temples, Mohammedan mosques and Christian churches”- JN TATA to his son DORAB in a letter
THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE
“The Indian Institute of Science has produced Nobel laureates, trained many of India's greatest scientists and helped nurture some of the country's finest scientific institutions”
HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER
Tata Hydroelectric Power Supply Company was founded in 1911. Now it has been renamed to TATA Power.
PIONEERS IN AVIATION“Building a World Class Airline”
J.R.D. TATA
THE TAJ MAHAL PALACE HOTEL
THE WADIA GROUPThe Wadia Group was founded by Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia in 1736, when he opened a Marine Construction company that built ships for the British
Quality has always been the Wadia Group’s hallmark,, the world’s second oldest existing ship in the world, still afloat at Hartlepool, UK.
Another Wadia Group built ship named the ‘Minden‘ was where the American National Anthem was composed, and on another, the 'HMS Cornwallis', that the Treaty of Nanking, ceding Honkong to England, was signed.
THE PARSI ENTREPRENEURSHIP LEGACY… AFTER 290 YEARS
NUSLI N. WADIAChairman, Wadia Group
THE GODREJ GROUP
Ardeshir GodrejFounderGodrej Group of Industries
Adi GodrejPresent ChairmanGodrej Group Of Industries
ACHIEVEMENTS• In 1897, Godrej Introduced the first lock with lever
technology in India.• In 1902, Godrej made the first Indian safe.• In 1920, Godrej made soap using vegetable oil,
which was a huge hit with the vegetarian community in India
• In 1955, Godrej produced India's first indigenous typewriter
• In 1989, Godrej became the first company to introduce PUF ( Polyurethane Foam)
• Introduced India's first and only 100% CFC, HCFC, HFC free refrigerators (Claim to be validated)
SHAPOORJI PALLONJI GROUP
Pallonji MistryGroup Patriach
SP Group
Cyrus MistryChairman
Tata Group
Shapoor MistryChairmanSP Group
Since 1865
OTHER PARSI BUSINESS PEOPLE
• Sir Jamshetjee Jeejeebhoy• Veer Khorshed Nariman• Sir Homi Mody and Piloo Mody along with
Rusi Mody• Minoo Masani and R.P. Masani• Cowasji Jehangir• Poonawalas
Mega Contribution by a Microscopic Minority
• TATA Memorial Hospital• J.J. Group of Hospitals• Wadia Hospitals for Children and Women, • Godrej Memorial Hospital• Cama & Albless Hospitals• Sir J.J. School of Arts and Architecture• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research• K.R. Cama Institute for Oriental Studies• Tata Institute of Social Sciences• Tata scholarships have helped numerous bright students realize
their academic dreams• Dorab Tata funded the entire Indian Olympics teams in the 1930s
“The Parsis can truly be regarded as the finest citizens of India”
CONCLUSION….
THANK YOU