Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata ( Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata ; born July 29, 1904 in Paris , † November 29, 1993 in Geneva ) was a successful businessman in India . He founded India's first commercial airline, Tata Airlines (later renamed Air India ).

He headed the Tata Group , which plays an important role in the economy in India , for about 50 years . Tata was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1957 and the Bharat Ratna in 1992 .

JRD Tata was born in Paris to Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and his French wife Sooni nee Tata, née Suzanne Briere . The Tata family, originally a family of Parish priests, had developed into a dynasty of industrialists through Jamshedji Tata , who had turned to trade and entrepreneurship. Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was a cousin of Jamshedji Tata. “Jeh” or JRD, as he was known, spent much of his childhood in France. He was inspired there by the French aviation pioneer Louis Blériot and learned to fly. In 1929 he was the first Indian to obtain a pilot's license.

JRD Tata decisively developed the family company and is considered one of the pioneers of Indian industrialization. With the first Indian airline company Tata Airlines , which he founded in 1932 and from which Air India emerged in 1946 , he is considered the father of Indian aviation.

He was succeeded by Ratan Tata .

literature

RM Lala: Beyond the Last Blue Mountain, A Life of JRD Tata (1904-1993) , 1993, 402 pages.
RM Lala: The Joy of Achievement, Conversations with JRD Tata , 1997, 194 pages
Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy: “JEH” A Life of JRD Tata , 2005, 165 pages

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personal data
SURNAME	Tata, Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tata, Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	indian businessman
DATE OF BIRTH	July 29, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	November 29, 1993
Place of death	Geneva