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Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata LH (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993) was an Indian industrialist, philanthropist, aviator and chairman of Tata Group . Born into the Tata Family of India, he was the son of noted businessman Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and his wife Suzanne Brière.
The evolution, from a thoughtful if self-indulgent young man to a pan-Indian icon revered even by those who knew little about business, contains the essence of the JRD story. Not only did JRD Tata pioneer aviation in India, he was also the recipient of the first licence ever issued to an Indian.
Jun 5, 2024 · The man who made Tata Group one of the most prestigious and successful industrial groups in India, Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, better known as J.R.D.Tata, was a fearless aviator and a visionary ahead of his times.
Everyone knows JRD Tata as the man who led the Tata group for 50 years, ably envisioning and guiding its growth. We know him as the Father of Indian Aviation, and the man who established philanthropic and educational institutes of national importance during his tenure as Chairman of the Tata group.
Tata Airlines, the seed of the idea that would grow to become Air India, is founded after tremendous effort by JRD Tata. He pilots the inaugural flight from Karachi to Bombay — which he describes as the moment “a dream became a reality”.
May 6, 2024 · J.R.D. Tata (born July 29, 1904, Paris, France—died November 29, 1993, Geneva, Switzerland) was an Indian businessman and aviation pioneer who created India’s first airline and oversaw the dramatic expansion of the Tata Group, India’s largest industrial empire.
Jul 28, 2023 · JRD Tata, the founder of Tata Airlines (now Air India), had a significant role in pioneering aviation in India. The first flight in Indian aviation history was piloted by JRD Tata on October 15, 1932, marking the beginning of his 46-year aviation career.
Nov 29, 1993 · Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (J.R.D. Tata) was an Indian aviator and industrialist. He is known as the father of civil aviation in India. He was also a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and the chairman of the Tata Group.
Aug 2, 2013 · Re-enacting the first Indian commercial flight of 50 years ago, last fortnight, JRD donned work-clothes and flying gloves to pilot a 48-year-old De Havilland Leopard Moth monoplane over roughly 850 km of rivers, desert and swamps to land 10 minutes ahead of schedule in Bombay. advertisement.
J.R.D. Tata, the father of Indian civil aviation, formally joined the ranks of all-time great aviation pioneers when he received the esteemed Daniel Guggenheim Medal Award in Seattle, Washington, on July 31, 1989.
