Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata Biography - Birth date, Achievements, Career, Family, Awards

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Name	Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata)
Real name	Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata
Date of Birth	29 July 1904
Birth Place	Paris, France
Date of death	29 1993
Monther & Father Name	Suzanne Briere / Ratanji Dadabhai Tata
Achievement	1992 - India's first licensed pilot
Profession / Country	male / Pilot / India

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata - India's first licensed pilot (1992)

JRD Tata was India's leading industrialist. His full name was Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata. He was the director of the Tata group for decades and developed steel, engineering, hotel, aircraft and other industries in India. On 10 February 1929, he received the first pilot license issued in India. He was the first licensed pilot of India and he founded Air India in the year 1948.

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata Birth Info

J. R. D. Tata was born on 29 July 1904 as Jahangir in a Parsi family. He was the second child of businessman Ratanji Dadabhai Tata and his French wife, Suzanne "Sooni" Brière. His father was the first cousin of Jamsetji Tata, a leading industrialist in India. His sister, Siyala, was married to Dinshaw Manekji Petit, the third baron of the Petits. His sister's sister-in-law, Ratanbai Petit, was the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who later became the founder of Pakistan in August 1947. Dina Jinnah, the daughter of Jinnah and Ratanbai, married Neville Wadia.

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata Death Info

He died on 29 November 1993 at the age of 89 in Geneva due to a kidney infection. On his death the Indian Parliament was adjourned to his memory. He is buried in a cemetery called Paré Lechse in Paris.

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata Education

He took admissions at the Cathedral and John Connon School, Bombay. Tata was educated in London, Japan, France, and India. After finishing his schooling, he moved to England for further studies, where he studied engineering. When his father joined the Tata company, he took the whole family to London. Meanwhile, J.K. R. D.'s mother died at the age of 43, while his father was in India and his family was in France.

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata Career Life

In the year 1932, J.R.D. Tata started the country's first commercial airline Tata Airlines, which later became India's national airline 'Air India' in 1946. In 1936, he founded the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). In 1953, the Government of India appointed him as the chairman of 'Air India' and the director of the board of 'Indian Airlines'. He founded 'Tata Computer Center' (now Tata Consultancy Services) in 1968 and 'Tata Steel' in 1979. On 10 February 1929, in J.M. R. D. became one of the first Indians to be granted a commercial pilot's license. In 1941, he established the 'Tata Memorial Center for Cancer Research and Treatment'. He was also Indian aviation, entrepreneur, chairman of the Tata group, and a shareholder of Tata Sons. He is best known for being the founder of several industries under the Tata group, he was awarded the French Legion of Honor in the year 1983 for Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Titan Industries, Tata Tea, Voltas, and Air India.

Awards and Honors of Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata

He was also awarded his highest citizenship award by the Legion of Honor in France in 1954. Considering his incomparable contribution to the development of the country, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Vibhushan in 1955. In 1992, the country's highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna was also awarded by the Government of India. In 1992, the United Nations honored him with the United Nation Population Award for his significant contribution to population control in India.

An exhibition of airplanes was held at Sonari Airport in Jamshedpur on his 114th birth anniversary. The exhibition was inaugurated by Sunil Bhashkaran, VP of Tata Steel. The exhibition also houses small aircrafts along with all Tata Steel airplanes. In addition to 10 Tata ships and helicopters, more than 30 models of small aircrafts were shown.

JRD Tata received several awards. In 1948 he was awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force, and was promoted to Air Commander rank (equivalent to Brigadier in the Army) and Air Vice Marshal rank on 1 April 1974. Was also promoted further. Apart from this, he was also given many awards and honors.