What is the story of Jamsedjee Tata
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Jamsetji Tata completed his graduation at Elphinstone College in Bombay, where he was known as such a bright student that the principal decided to refund Jamsetji Tata's fees once he completed his degree.
His vision was to establish an iron & steel plant, a world class hotel, a world class institution and a hydro electric power project. Among the four wishes, only the second was fulfilled during his lifetime. Taj Mahal Hotel was established on December 3, 1903. In that time that hotel was the sole hotel which had electricity.
Interest in iron and steel stirred Jamsetji when he attended a lecture by Thomas Carlyle in Manchester where he went to check out new machinery for his textile mill. By the end of the trip, he was sufficiently excited by the prospects of setting up a steel plant.
Jamshedji Tata spelled out his concept of a township for the workers at the steel plant in a letter he wrote to his son Dorab Tata in 1902. "Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick growing variety", the letter said.
When you have to give the lead in action, in ideas – a lead which does not fit in with the very climate of opinion – that is true courage, physical or mental or spiritual, call it what you like, and it is this type of courage and vision that Jamsetji Tata showed. It is right that we should honour his memory and remember him as one of the big founders of modern India." —Jawaharlal Nehru[3]
Tata, who in his early life was a merchant, went on to change the business world of India through his many ventures within the cotton and pig iron industry, and is known as one of the most important builders of the modern Indian economy. Out of his many achievement, Tata is notable for the Tata Iron and Steel Works company in Jamshedpur.[4] In addition to the Tata Iron and Steel Works, he went on to establish businesses in many other areas that stood as a foundation to modern Indian business.