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Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian industrialist, philanthropist and patriarch of the Tata family who founded the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate. He established the city of Jamshedpur.
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business · Indian industrialist (1839–1904) · entrepreneur · also Jamsetji Tata, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, Jamshed Tata, Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata, Tata
Born 3 March 1839 · Died 19 May 1904 · Q320109
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While many others worked on loosening the chains of slavery and hastening the march towards the dawn of freedom, Tata dreamed of and worked for life as it was to be fashioned after liberation. Most of the others worked for freedom from a bad life of servitude; Tata worked for freedom for fashioning a better life of economic independence.
That he was a man of destiny is clear. It would seem, indeed, as if the hour of his birth, his life, his talents, his actions, the chain of events which he set in motion or influenced, and the services he rendered to his country and to his people, were all pre-destined as part of the greater destiny of India.
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“While many others worked on loosening the chains of slavery and hastening the march towards the dawn of freedom, Tata dreamed of and worked for life as it was to be fashioned after liberation. Most of the others worked for freedom from a bad life of servitude; Tata worked for freedom for fashioning a better life of economic independence.”
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“That he was a man of destiny is clear. It would seem, indeed, as if the hour of his birth, his life, his talents, his actions, the chain of events which he set in motion or influenced, and the services he rendered to his country and to his people, were all pre-destined as part of the greater destiny of India.”
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Mint: From Jamsetji Tata to Ratan Tata and N Chandrasekaran — leaders who have led Tata Sons so far
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India.com: Jamsetji Tata, J.R.D. Tata, Dhirubhai Ambani and…, India wouldn’t have been superpower without these 9 superheroes! they are…
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The Financial Express: The educational backgrounds of Ratan Tata, Jamsetji Tata, Noel Tata, Dorabji Tata, and family members who built a Rs 33 lakh crore business empire
Prices) with the start of his key endowments back in 1892
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“Hurun Philanthropists of the Century”
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Died 1904-05-19.
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Tata became seriously ill
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Tata floated another company in Pondicherry for the sole purpose of distributing Indian textiles to the nearby French Colonies and not having to pay duties; however, this failed due to insufficient demand for the fabrics
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Jamsetji floated the Central India Spinning, Weaving, and Manufacturing Company in Nagpur because it seemed like a suitable place for him to establish another business venture
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And converted it to a cotton mill, which he renamed as Alexandra Mill
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With ₹21,000 capital (worth US$52 million in 2015 prices)
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Joined his father's export-trading firm, and helped establish its strong branches in Japan, China, Europe, and the United States
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Born 1839-03-03.
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