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Jamsetji Tata

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J.N. Tata

Jamsetji Tata

Born 3 March 1839Navsari,aroda!modern"#jarat$

Died19 May 19%& !a'ed ()$

ad Na#heim,"erman *mpire

Ethnicity "#jarati+ arsi

Alma mater -niversity of om.ay

Occupation Fo#nderof Tata "ro#p

Religion /oroastrian

Spouse(s 0ira.ai a.oo

!hildren

ora.ji Tata

2atanji Tata

"arents N#sseranji and Jeevan.ai Tata

Jamsetji Nusser#anji Tata!"#jarati4 + 3 March

1839 5 19 May 19%&$ as an 6ndian pioneerind#strialist,ho fo#nded the Tata "ro#p,6ndia7s .i''est con'lomerate company 0e as .orn to a arsi/oroastrianfamily in

Navsarithen part of theprincely stateofaroda

0e fo#nded hat o#ld later .ecome the Tata "ro#pof companies Jamsetji Tata is

re'arded as the le'endary Father of 6ndian 6nd#stry :1;

When yo# have to 'ive the lead in action, in ideas < a lead hich does not fit inith the very climate of opinion < that is tr#e co#ra'e, physical or mental or

spirit#al, call it hat yo# like, and it is this type of co#ra'e and vision that

Jamsetji Tata shoed 6t is ri'ht that e sho#ld hono#r his memory and remem.erhim as one of the .i' fo#nders of modern 6ndia< Jaaharlal Nehr#:=;

Early li$e
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Jamsetji N#sseranji Tata as .orn to N#sseranji and Jeevan.ai Tata on 3 March 1839

inNavsari, a small ton in >o#th "#jarat Tata as the first .#sinessman in a family of

arsi/oroastrianpriests 6t as only nat#ral that N#sseranji, o#ld, as #s#al join thefamily priesthood, .#t the enterprisin' yo#n'ster .roke the tradition to .ecome the first

mem.er of the family to try his hand at .#siness 0e started tradin' in om.ay

Jamsetji joined his father in M#m.ai at the a'e of 1& and enrolled at the *lphinstone

?olle'ecompletin' his ed#cation as a @"reen >cholarA !eB#ivalent of todayAs 'rad#ate$0e as married to 0ira.ai a.oo:3;hile he as still a st#dent:&;0e 'rad#ated from

colle'e in 18)8 and joined his father7s tradin' firm 6t as a t#r.#lent time to step into

.#siness as the 6ndian 2e.ellion of 18)Chad j#st .een s#ppressed .y the ritish'overnment

Jamsetji7s knoled'e eDpansion happened thro#'h s#ccessive trips a.road, mainly to

*n'land, Emerica,continental*#rope,and other places that convinced him that there

as tremendo#s scope for 6ndian companies to for'e thro#'h and make a foray in the

ritish dominated teDtile ind#stry

Business

>tat#e of J N Tata !top$ at 6ndian 6nstit#te of >cience, an'alorefac#lty hall ith a

miniat#re model of the fac#lty hall in his hand

Jamsetji orked in his father7s company #ntil he as =9 0e fo#nded a tradin' companyin 18(8 ith 2s =1,%%% capital 0e .o#'ht a .ankr#pt oil mill at ?hinchpokliin 18(9

and converted it to a cotton mill, hich he renamedAlexandra Mill 0e sold the mill to

years later for a profit 0e set #p another cotton mill atNa'p#rin 18C&, hich hechristenedEmpress Millhen #een Gictoriaas proclaimed *mpress of 6ndia on 1

Jan#ary 18CC
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0e devoted his life to fo#r 'oals4 settin' #p an iron and steel company, a orldHclass

learnin' instit#tion, a #niB#e hotel and a hydroHelectric plant Inly the hotel .ecame a

reality d#rin' his lifetime, ith the ina#'#ration of theTaj Mahal 0otelat?ola.aaterfront in om.ay!no M#m.ai$ on 3 ecem.er 19%3:);at the cost of &= million

r#pees !a.o#t 11 .illion or 11%% crore r#pees at =%1% prices$ Et that time it as the only

hotel in 6ndiato have electricity

0is s#ccessors7 ork led to the three remainin' ideas .ein' achieved4

Tata >teel !formerly T6>?I < Tata 6ron and >teel ?ompany imited$ is Esia7s

first and 6ndia7s lar'est steel company 6t .ecame orld7s fifth lar'est steel

company, after it acB#ired ?or#s "ro#p prod#cin' =8 million tonnes of steelann#ally:(;

6ndian 6nstit#te of >cience,an'alore, the preHeminent 6ndian instit#tion for

research and ed#cation in >cience and *n'ineerin'

Tata 0ydroelectric oer >#pply ?ompany, renamed Tata oer?ompany

imited, c#rrently 6ndia7s lar'est private electricity company ith an installed'eneration capacity of over 8%%%MW

"ersonal li$e

Jamsetji Tata married 0ira.ai a.oo Their sons, ora.ji Tataand2atanji Tata,

s#cceeded Jamsetji as the chairman of theTata 'ro#p

Tata7s sister Jer.ai, thro#'h marria'e to a om.ay merchant, .ecame mother of >hap#rji>aklatvala, ho Jamsetji employed to s#ccessf#lly prospect for coal and iron ore in iharand Irissa >aklatvala later settled in *n'land, initially to mana'e Tata7s Manchester

office, and later .ecame a?omm#nistMem.er of the ritish arliament:C;

Death

While on a .#siness trip in "ermany in 19%&, Tata .ecame serio#sly ill 0e died in

Na#heim

:8;

on May 19, 19%&, and as .#ried in the arsi .#rial 'ro#nd in rookood?emetery, Wokin',*n'land

%egacy
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E pioneer, a visionary, a seer < perhaps these no#ns are not eno#'h to descri.e a man of

s#ch eDtraordinary cali.er and stat#re ho sec#red a stron' foothold in the ind#strialiKed

nations of the orld The creative forces of his 'eni#s ere harnessed to cater to thedevelopment of his on land and his dreams arisin' o#t of intense love of h#manity The

same passion, ideals and vision ent a lon' ay in shapin' an o#tstandin' .#siness

con'lomerate that, ever since, has .een constantly no#rished and n#rt#red to offercredence to this one manAs novel dream, dreamt more than a cent#ry a'o

The repression of the 6ndians in the hands of ritish r#lers, co#pled ith idespread

poverty all across the nation at that time, as at the root of this entreprene#rAs

philosophy This is hat precisely set the sta'e for the enterprise to plo#'h .ack profitsinto vario#s socialHdevelopment initiatives 5 a direct fallo#t of the empathy set in the

fo#nderAs philosophy of .#siness

The h#manitarian, charita.le and h#m.le principles that the ind#strialist folloed made

him .elieve that it as essential to n#rt#re the ed#cation of 6ndians in order to .rin' them

o#t from the p#ddle of poverty and .ecome selfHs#fficient Jamsetji co#ld never make hisheart .elieve in hands on charity Therefore, he esta.lished the JN Tata *ndoment in

189= that helped 6ndian st#dents to p#rs#e hi'her st#dies a.road -ltimately, to o#t ofevery five 6ndians comin' into the elite6ndian ?ivil >erviceere Tata scholars

The Taj Mahal 0otel is .elieved to have held a special corner in the entreprene#rAs heart

y the time it as completed in 19%3, it as the rep#tedly the finest l#D#ry hotel, and the

first .#ildin' in 6ndia that #sed electricity *ndorsed ith s#preme l#D#ry items fromacross the 'lo.e, Taj Mahal 0otel .oasted Emerican fans, "erman elevators, T#rkish

.aths, *n'lish .#tlers and hole lot of other innovative deli'hts that the 6ndians ere

deprived of

With the esta.lishment of his steel plant, he made a B#ant#m shift in the nat#re of his.#siness From a co#ntry of petty traders, ritish 6ndiastepped into a orld of

ind#strialiKation, markin' the 'lorio#s chapter of a ne era

The cotton mills and other companies started .y Jamsetji Tata came to .e knon as the

Tata "ro#p, today the lar'estprivate sector.#siness ho#se in 6ndia

!ity named a$ter him
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Tata >teel plant in the early =%th cent#ry, Jamshedp#r

Tata7s iron and steel plant as set #p at >akchivilla'e in ihar The villa'e 're into aton and the railay station there as namedTatana'ar No it is a .#stlin' metropolis

knon as Jamshedp#rin Jharkhand, named in honor of the Jamshetji

The old villa'e of >akchi!no #r.aniKed$ still eDists ithin the city of Jamshedp#r, as itss#.#r.

&uotes

Freedom itho#t the stren'th to s#pport it and, if need .e, defend it, o#ld .e a cr#el

del#sion End the stren'th to defend freedom can itself only come from idespreadind#strialisation and the inf#sion of modern science and technolo'y into the co#ntry7s

economic life

There is one kind of charity common eno#'h amon' #s 6t is that patchork

philanthropy hich clothes the ra''ed, feeds the poor, and heals the sick 6 am far from

decryin' the no.le spirit hich seeks to help a poor or s#fferin' fello .ein':0oever; hat advances a nation or a comm#nity is not so m#ch to prop #p its eakest

and most helpless mem.ers, .#t to lift #p the .est and the most 'ifted, so as to make themof the 'reatest service to the co#ntry

e s#re to lay ide streets planted ith shady trees, every other of a B#ickH'roin'

variety e s#re that there is plenty of space for lans and 'ardens 2eserve lar'e areas

for foot.all, hockey and parks *armark areas for 0ind# temples, Mohammedan mosB#esand ?hristian ch#rches


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While many others orked on loosenin' the chains of slavery and hastenin' the march

toards the dan of freedom, Jamsetji dreamed of and orked for life as it as to .e

fashioned after li.eration Most of the others orked for freedom from a .ad life ofservit#de+ Jamsetji orked for freedom for fashionin' a .etter life of economic

independence

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