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Jamsetji Tata
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J.N. Tata
Jamsetji Tata
Born
3 March 1839
Navsari, Baroda (modern Gujarat)
Died
19 May 1904 (aged 65)
Bad Nauheim, German Empire
Ethnicity
Gujarati; Parsi
Alma mater
University of Bombay
Occupation
Founder of Tata Group
Religion
Zoroastrian
Spouse(s)
Hirabai Daboo
Children
Dorabji Tata
Ratanji Tata
Parents
Nusserwanji and Jeevanbai Tata
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (Gujarati: 
 ; 3 March 1839 19
May 1904) was an Indian pioneer industrialist, who founded the Tata Group, India's
biggest conglomerate company. He was born to a Parsi Zoroastrian family in Navsari
then part of the princely state of Baroda.
He founded what would later become the Tata Group of companies. Jamsetji Tata is
regarded as the legendary "Father of Indian Industry".
[1]
"When you have to give the lead in action, in ideas a lead which does not fit in
with the very climate of opinion that is true courage, physical or mental or
spiritual, call it what you like, and it is this type of courage and vision that
Jamsetji Tata showed. It is right that we should honour his memory and remember
him as one of the big founders of modern India." Jawaharlal Nehru
[2]

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Early life
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was born to Nusserwanji and Jeevanbai Tata on 3 March 1839
in Navsari, a small town in South Gujarat. Tata was the first businessman in a family of
Parsi Zoroastrian priests. It was only natural that Nusserwanji, would, as usual join the
family priesthood, but the enterprising youngster broke the tradition to become the first
member of the family to try his hand at business. He started trading in Bombay.
Jamsetji joined his father in Mumbai at the age of 14 and enrolled at the Elphinstone
College completing his education as a ‘Green Scholar’ (equivalent of today’s graduate).
He was married to Hirabai Daboo
[3]
while he was still a student.
[4]
He graduated from
college in 1858 and joined his father's trading firm. It was a turbulent time to step into
business as the Indian Rebellion of 1857 had just been suppressed by the British
government.
Jamsetji's knowledge expansion happened through successive trips abroad, mainly to
England, America, continental Europe, and other places that convinced him that there
was tremendous scope for Indian companies to forge through and make a foray in the
British dominated textile industry.
Business
Statue of J. N. Tata (top) at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore faculty hall with a
miniature model of the faculty hall in his hand
Jamsetji worked in his father's company until he was 29. He founded a trading company
in 1868 with Rs. 21,000 capital. He bought a bankrupt oil mill at Chinchpokli in 1869
and converted it to a cotton mill, which he renamed Alexandra Mill. He sold the mill two

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Jamsetji Tata From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia J.N. Tata Jamsetji Tata Born 3 March 1839 Navsari, Baroda (modern Gujarat) Died 19 May 1904 (aged 65) Bad Nauheim, German Empire Ethnicity Gujarati; Parsi Alma mater University of Bombay Occupation Founder of Tata Group Religion Zoroastrian Spouse(s) Hirabai Daboo Children Dorabji Tata Ratanji Tata Parents Nusserwanji and Jeevanbai Tata Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (Gujarati: જમ્શેત્જી નુંસ્સેર્વાનજી ટાટા; 3 March 1839 – 19 May 1904) was an Indian pioneer industrialist, who founded the Tata Group, India's biggest conglomerate company. He was born to a Parsi Zoroastrian family in Navsari then part of the princely state of Baroda. He founded what would later become the Tata Group of companies. Jamsetji Tata is regarded as the legendary "Father of Indian Industry".[1] "When you have to give the lead in action, in ideas — a lead which does not fit in with the very climate of opinion — that is true courage, physical or mental or spiritual, call it what you like, and it is this type of courage and vision that Jamsetji Tata showed. It is right that we should honour his memory and remember him as one of the big founders of modern India."— Jawaharlal Nehru[2] Early life Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was born to Nusserwanji and Jeevanbai Tata on 3 March 1839 in Navsari, a small town in South Gujarat. Tata was the first businessman in a family of Parsi Zoroastrian priests. ...
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