This man started Rs 24,00,000 crore business empire with just Rs 21,000

Leading businessmen in India include Shiv Nadar, Ratan Tata, and Mukesh Ambani. These entrepreneurs' stories are various from one another but each one is motivating in its own way. Let's learn more about the history of the Tata Group, the largest industrial giant in India with a market value of Rs. 24 lakh crore.

Jamsetji Tata, the creator of the Tata Group, was born in a modest family in Navsari, Gujarat, in 1839. But from a small start in the 1870s, he built an empire that would revolutionize India's economic environment, spur technical learning, and lead the country to become an industrial superpower.

Jamsetji Tata was born and reared in a family of Parsee priests; but, when his father, Nusserwanji Tata, decided to venture into business, he broke with tradition and had an impact on the young Jamsetji. He moved to Bombay to live with his father when he was 14 and attended Elphinstone College to further his liberal arts education.

Entrepreneurial journey started with just Rs 21,000

Jamsetji's business action began at a period when Indians were experiencing passive desperation as a result of colonial control. At the age of 29, he established a commercial business with a Rs 21,000 capital and set out on a course that would take him to England to study the textile industry.

He founded the Alexandra Mill in Bombay in 1869 after believing that Indian firms could compete with the British for the global textile market. The Empress Mills was established in Nagpur in 1877, a daring initiative that turned the widely held belief of Bombay being the center of the textile industry.

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Jamsetji started worker perks at Empress Mills, creating an example that was uncommon at the time. Jamsetji dedicated his life to constructing a world-class academic organization, an iron and steel firm, and producing hydroelectric power from the 1880s till his death in 1904. 

Jamsetji's steel project faced many obstacles, but because of his steadfast resolve and the dedication of his heirs, namely Dorabji Tata and Ratanji Tata, the Tata Iron and Steel Company was finally founded in 1912, eight years after Jamsetji's death.

Leaving a legacy 

To assist Indian students seeking higher education overseas, Jamsetji's launched the JN Tata Endowment Fund, a program that continues to inspire young minds. In his career, the Taj Mahal Hotel, an Indian dream, became a reality, demonstrating his commitment.

Jamsetji Tata's son Sir Dorabji Tata assumed responsibility for carrying out his father's expansive plan for India after Jamsetji's death in 1904. He was elected Chairman of the Tata Group, assuring that the tradition of advancement and generosity would continue.