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Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (1702–1774) was a Parsi from Surat province of Gujarat in India and was a member of the Wadia family of shipwrights and naval architects, who founded Wadia Group in 1736. Lovji Wadia secured contracts with the British East India Company to build ships and docks in Bombay in 1736.
Feb 14, 2024 · The Wadia Group was founded by Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia in 1736, when he opened a Marine Construction company that built ships for the British. He was one of India’s first master shipbuilders and a pioneer of the global ship building industry.
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Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia advanced the Wadia shipbuilding dynasty in 1736, when he obtained a contract from the British East India Company for building docks and ships in Bombay (present-day Mumbai).
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Wadia Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, founded in Surat, headquartered in Mumbai. It was founded by Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia in 1736 and is the oldest company in India, with its subsidiary The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Limited, established in 1863, being the oldest publicly traded Indian company. [3]
Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia was born in 1702 and was a Parsi from the Surat province of Gujarat. The Bombay dry-dock, the first dry-dock in Asia, was built by Lovji and his brother Sorabji in...
The Wadia Group was founded by Loeji Nusserwanjee Wadia in 1736, when he opened a Marine Construction company that built ships for the British. He was one of India’s first master shipbuilders and a pioneer of the global ship building industry.
Feb 28, 2011 · Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (17021774) was a Parsi from Surat, India and was a member of the Wadia family of shipwrights and naval architects. Known for his high standards of workmanship,...
