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Jamsetji Tata – The Great Visionary Patriot & The Nation Builder
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Jamsetji Tata – The Great Visionary Patriot & The Nation Builder

Jamsetji Tata was an Indian pioneer industrialist, who is regarded as the father of Indian industrial revolution. Yes, you guessed that right, I am talking about Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata.  Jamsetji Tata Biography Jamsetji Tata was born to Nusserwanji and Jeevanbai Tata on 3 March 1839 in Navsari, a city in the south Gujarat. He was born in a respezctable, but poor family of priests. His father, Nusserwanji, was the first businessman in the family. He started an export trading firm in Mumbai. Jamsetji was gifted with special mental arithmetic from a young age. At the age of 14, Jamsetji Tata joined his father in Mumbai and enrolled at Elphinstone College, completing his education as a 'Green Scholar' (an equivalent of a graduate). He was married to Hirabai Daboo wh...