Jamsetji Tata Age, Wiki and Bio

Jamsetji Tata

Quick Info

ProfessionBusinessman, Philanthropist
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth03/03/1839
Age65 years (died on 19, May, 1904)
BirthplaceNavsari, Gujarat, India
Date of Death19/05/1904

Bio/Wiki

Full nameJamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
Titles earned
  • Father of Indian Industry
  • Man of Steel
  • One Man Planning Commission

Educational Qualification(s)

CollegeElphinstone College, Bombay
Educational QualificationHe graduated from St. Elphinstone College in 1859.

Personal Life

Date of Birth03/03/1839
BirthplaceNavsari, Gujarat, India
Date of Death19/05/1904
Place of DeathBad Nauheim, Germany
Death CauseChronic Illness
Burial SiteBrookwood Cemetery in Woking, England
Zodiac signPisces
HometownNavsari, Gujarat
ReligionZoroastrianism
HobbiesReading books, scriptures, and novels

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried

Family

FatherNusserwanji Tata
MotherJeevanbai Tata
Siblings
Sister
  • Ratanbai Tata
  • Maneckbai Tata
  • Virbaiji Tata
  • Jerbai Tata
SpouseHirabai Daboo
Children
Sons
  • Dorabji Tata
  • Ratanji Tata

Career

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

Some Lesser Known Facts

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