Rome was not built in a day. The massive foundation of the Roman Empire was laid by the skill, strength, endeavor and passion for humanism. The industrial city of Jamshedpur was likewise built by the skill, intelligence and passion for building a new city by Jamshetji. Jamsehdpur pronunciation (.6G&*B0 in Read more…
AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY MARKED BY ACHIEVEMENTS… Decade I – (1907 – 1917) On 26th August 1907, the Tata Iron and Steel Company (now Tata Steel Limited) was registered and shares were issued to the Indian investors. The Steel Company obtained its first collieries in 1910 and the first ingot of Read more…
Jamshedpur is situated in the Dalbhum sub-division of Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand. It spreads between 20 o 45 – 20 o 50 latitudes North of the equator and 86 o 9 – 86 o 16 longitudes East of the meridian. It stands on the main railway line Read more…
1867 On his visit to Manchester, Jamshetji hears Thomas Carlyle expound the maxim-“The nation which gains control of iron, soon acquires control of gold.” 1882 J N Tata comes across a document ‘Report on the finacial prospects of iron-working in the Chanda District’, by Ritter Von Schwarz, a German expert, Read more…
From the very beginning Jamshedpur has been a cosmopolitan and friendly place. The Blast furnace Staff consisted of Americans, the Steel work crew was German, and English men staffed the rolling mills. The clerical staff was chiefly composed of people from Bengal and South India. Unskilled workers in grate majority Read more…
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group, was more than merely an entrepreneur who helped India take her place in the league of industrialised nations. He was a patriot and a humanist whose ideals and vision shaped an exceptional business conglomerate. The industrialist in Jamsetji was a Read more…
Born on March 3rd, 1839 in a Parsi family at Navasari, Jamshetji was educated at the Elphinstone College, Bombay. A firm believer in the area of industrial self sufficiency for India, Jamshetji laid the foundation of Iron and Steel Works at Jamshedpur. Every year on the 3rd March, his birthday Read more…
The Road to Sakchi began in Pittsburgh. At the turn of the century, Jamshetji Tata went to Pittsburgh and asked geologist Charles Page Perin to help him find the site to build his dream—India’s first steel plant. The search for a site rich in iron, coal, limestone and water began Read more…