J. R. D. Tata
29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993
J. R. D. Tata was an Indian industrialist and aviator who chaired Tata Sons for more than fifty years, expanding the group into steel, chemicals, vehicles, hotels and software. He founded Tata Airlines in 1932, which became Air India, and was India's first licensed commercial pilot. He received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 1992.
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Life events
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was born in Paris to Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and his French wife Suzanne Brière.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe entered the family firm in Bombay after schooling in France, Japan and England and a year in the French army.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe gave up his French nationality to devote himself to business in India.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received Indian pilot licence No. 1 from the Aero Club of India and Burma.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe airline, India's first, was nationalised in 1953 as Air India.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAt 34 he succeeded Sir Nowroji Saklatwala as head of the Tata group, a post he held until 1991.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe remained chairman of the state-owned airline for a quarter of a century.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received India's highest civilian award, and in the same year the United Nations Population Award.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died in Geneva at the age of 89 and was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
Source: en.wikipedia.org