Thursday, December 14, 2006

Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata

Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata is one of the most prominent business pioneers, memorable for the way he sought economic self-dependence under the British Raj, and negotiated for favourable policies for Indian businesses with the highly skeptical Lord Curzon. Ironically, his endeavours bore fruit only after he died, in particular Tata’s first steel plant in Jamshedpur. Others like Jamnalal Bajaj and Ghanshyam Das Birla also provided extensive support to Mahatma Gandhi and to the cause of Indian industries. Birla in fact did not agree with quite a few ideologies of Gandhiji, but still had immense respect for him. The relationships between these pioneers and the Indian National Congress were further nurtured by subsequent generations.

It was thanks largely to the endeavours of these pioneers that India had developed quite a few indigenous industries like steel, textiles, automobiles, aviation, sugar & paper by the time it freed itself from the yoke of the British. Without the contributions of these visionaries, India’s independence would have had no meaning.

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