Jamsetji Tata
Businessman, Philanthropist

Indian Navsari, Gujarat, India

Quick Info

Profession	Businessman, Philanthropist
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	03/03/1839
Age	65 years (died on 19, May, 1904)
Birthplace	Navsari, Gujarat, India
Date of Death	19/05/1904

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Bio/Wiki

Full name	Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
Titles earned	Father of Indian Industry Man of Steel One Man Planning Commission

Educational Qualification(s)

College	Elphinstone College, Bombay
Educational Qualification	He graduated from St. Elphinstone College in 1859.

Personal Life

Date of Birth	03/03/1839
Birthplace	Navsari, Gujarat, India
Date of Death	19/05/1904
Place of Death	Bad Nauheim, Germany
Death Cause	Chronic Illness
Burial Site	Brookwood Cemetery in Woking, England
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Hometown	Navsari, Gujarat
Religion	Zoroastrianism
Hobbies	Reading books, scriptures, and novels

Relationships & More

Marital Status	Married

Family

Father

Nusserwanji Tata

Mother

Jeevanbai Tata

Siblings

Sister	Ratanbai Tata Maneckbai Tata Virbaiji Tata Jerbai Tata

Spouse

Hirabai Daboo

Children

Sons	Dorabji Tata Ratanji Tata

Career

Founder	In 1874, he founded Tata Group by setting up Empress Mills in Nagpur

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian industrialist who founded the Tata Conglomerate.
2. He was known as the father of Indian Industries and was a patriot, philanthropist, and builder.
3. Jamsetji Tata introduced labor welfare policies and practices in India, starting the first steel project in Jamshedpur.
4. He was recognized as the top philanthropist of the 20th century for his works.
5. Jamsetji Tata showed an early interest in his family's business and joined the export trading business in Bombay in 1858.
6. He got married to Hirabai Daboo at 16 and had two sons, Dorabji Tata and Ratanji Tata.
7. In 1869, he bought an oil mill in South Mumbai and converted it into a profitable cotton trading mill called Alexandra Mills.
8. In 1874, he established Empress Mills in Nagpur which became a successful textile manufacturing unit.
9. Jamsetji Tata fulfilled one of his dreams by building the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in South Mumbai in 1903.
10. His sons later established Tata Steel in Jamshedpur in 1907, realizing his dream of an iron and steel company.
11. He initiated various welfare programs for his workforce, including free medical aid, ventilated workplaces, and sports events.
12. Jamsetji Tata introduced pension funds, provident schemes, and accident compensation for his employees' welfare.
13. He was a generous philanthropist, donating US $102.4 Billion, higher than many 21st-century philanthropists.
14. Jamsetji Tata passed away in Germany in 1904 at the age of 65 and was buried in England.
15. He installed the first fire sprinklers and supported the development of the bubonic plague vaccine.
16. Jamsetji Tata supported the Swadeshi movement and established Svadeshi Mill in 1886.
17. He founded Tata Steel, contributing to iconic infrastructure projects in India.
18. The first biography of Jamsetji Tata was published in 1915, and the second in 2006.
19. His textile mill is credited with discovering Mysore silk through sericulture experiments.

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