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J. R. D. Tata was born on 29 July 1904 to an Indian Parsi family in Paris, France. He was the second child of businessman Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and his French wife, Suzanne "Sooni" Brière . [ 2 ] His father was the first cousin of Jamsetji Tata , a pioneer industrialist in India.
He joined Tata Sons as an unpaid apprentice in 1925. In 1938, at the age of 34, JRD was elected Chairman of Tata Sons making him the head of the largest industrial group in India. Under his chairmanship, the assets of the Tata Group grew from US$100 million to over US$5 billion. [8]
In 1932, Tata founded an airline, known as Tata Air Services (later renamed Tata Airlines). [9] In 1953, the Government of India passed the Air Corporations Act and purchased a majority stake in the carrier from Tata Sons, though JRD Tata would continue as chairman until 1977. In 1945, Tata Motors was founded
As 4th Chairman of Tata Group, he pioneered Indian aviation and founded Tata Airlines (later known as Air India). Sylla Tata, daughter of Ratanji Dadabhoy and elder sister of J.R.D. She was married to Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit , 3rd Baronet, who himself was the brother-in-law of Muhammad Ali Jinnah , the founder of Pakistan.
Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata (also spelled Jamsetji; 3 March 1839 – 19 May 1904) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist who founded the Tata Group, India's biggest conglomerate company. He established the city of Jamshedpur .
With support from J.R.D. Tata, then chairman of the Tata Group, TIFR was founded on 1 June 1945, and Homi Bhabha was appointed its first director. [4] The institute initially operated within the campus of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore before relocating to Mumbai later that year.
Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (1856–1926) was an Indian businessman who played a pivotal role in the growth of the Tata Group in India. He was the first-cousin of Jamsetji Tata and one of the partners in "Tata Sons" founded by Jamsetji Tata. Ratanji was the father of renowned J. R. D. Tata. [citation needed]
It was founded in 1928 as one of India's first civil aviation airport, [2] 4 years after the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport was opened [3] In 1932, JRD Tata landed at the Juhu Aerodrome, inaugurating India's first scheduled commercial mail