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Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (
July 29,
1904–
November 29,
1993) was a pioneer
aviator and important businessman of
India. He was one of the few people who were awarded
Bharat Ratna during their life time.
Early life
J.R.D. Tata was born in
Paris,
France, the second child of
Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, an Indian of
Parsi-
Zoroastrian heritage, and his
French wife Suzanne Briere.
His father was a first cousin of
Jamsetji Tata, a pioneer industrialist in India. 'Jeh', or 'JRD' as he was commonly known, came to be regarded as the most famous industrial pioneer in modern India. As his mother was French, he spent much of his childhood in
France and as a result,
French was his first language. He attended the
Cathedral and John Connon School, Bombay (now
Mumbai).
J.R.D. Tata was inspired early by aviation pioneer
Louis Bleriot, and took to flying. In
1929 Tata got the first pilot licence issued in India. He later came to be known as the father of Indian
civil aviation. He founded India's first commercial airline, 'Tata Airlines', in
1932, which in
1946 became
Air India, now India's national airline.
Businessman
JRD Tata studied engineering at the University of Cambridge. JRD never studied beyond matriculation according to biography written by Lala. He returned to India and started the Tata group in a workshop in Jamshedpur with a group of 10 workers. Several years later, when the Tata group became quite successful in India, he financed the building of the new engineering department at Cambridge University.
For decades, Tata directed the huge
Tata Group of Companies, with major interests in many industries in India, including steel, engineering, hospitality and electrical companies. He was famous for succeeding in business while maintaining high
ethical standards - refusing to bribe politicians or use the
black market. His contributions to founding many famous institutions of higher learning in India are also well recognised.
Among a host of awards, he received the
Padma Vibhushan in
1957 on the eve of
silver jubilee of
Air India. He was awarded the
Bharat Ratna in
1992 for his service to industry and nation building. He also received the Guggenheim Medal for aviation in 1988. He died in
Geneva,
Switzerland in 1993 at age of 89.
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