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When his father joined the Tata company he moved the whole family to London. During this time, J. R. D.'s mother died at the age of 43 while his father was in India and his family was in France. After his mother's death, Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata decided to
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”.
JRD entered the Tatas as an unpaid apprentice in December 1925. His mentor in business was John Peterson, a Scotsman who had joined the group after serving in the Indian Civil Service. At 22, soon after his father passed away, JRD was on the board of Tata Sons, the group's flagship company.
Jun 5, 2024 · Cause of Death: Kidney Infection. Ancestry: French Indian. City: Paris. Founder/Co-Founder: TCS, Tata Motors, Titan Industries, Tata Tea, Voltas, Air India. More Facts. You wanted to know. 1. What were some key contributions of J. R. D. Tata to the Indian aviation industry?
Sep 19, 2024 · Within a year his father had died, and Tata took his place as director of Tata Sons, the group’s flagship company. Tata surrendered his French citizenship in 1929, and that same year he became one of the first Indians to gain a commercial pilot’s license.
July 29, 2024, was the 120th birth anniversary of Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, better known as JRD Tata — the father of Indian aviation, the longest-serving chairman of Tata group, founder of many Tata companies and a hero of Indian business.
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Nov 29, 2016 · Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata or J.R.D. Tata, as we generally refer to him, died on November 29, 1993 in Geneva, Switzerland. He was the second child of Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and his French wife, Suzanne 'Sooni' Briere.
