Tata Group history

It all started when Jamsetji bought a ten-acre piece of marshy land from the Nagpur king and set up Empress Mills. (It was registered in Bombay in 1874 as Central India Spinning, Weaving and Manufacturing Company Limited.

T.R. Doongaji hails from Nagpur, the place where Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata started his first venture, Empress Mills, in 1877.

Some of the species of plants, animals and birds found here are not found anywhere in the world.” Similarly, the beautiful Tata Baug, built in 1891 on 22 acres in Navsari, is maintained by Dr Rohinton Avari, who has a doctoral degree in landscape horticulture.

Year 1892 – Jamsetji established the JN Tata Endowment Fund to help Indian students to continue their higher studies abroad.

In 1902 the group incorporated the Indian Hotels Company to commission the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, the first luxury hotel in India, which opened the following year.

Year 1903 – On December 16th, The Taj Mahal Hotel opened for business.

Tata is the most important subsidiary of Tata Group; it was founded by Jamsetji Tata and established by Dorabji Tata on 26 August 1907.

Year 1909 – The Indian Institute of Science is established through the vision of JN Tata, 5 years after his death.

Year 1910 – Jamsetji’s dream of bringing clean energy to Mumbai by establishing Western India’s first hydro plant, is brought to life by Sir Dorab.

The first batch of students is admitted in 1911.

Year 1917 – The group makes its consumer space debut with Tata Oil Mills Co (TOMCO), known for popular soap brands, Hamam and Moti.

In 1919, it is rechristened Jamshedpur to honour Jamsetji, who first envisioned the township.

Year 1929 – 24-year-old JRD Tata receives the first pilot license in India, the culmination of a childhood fascination with flying and with legendary aviator Louis Bleriot.

Year 1932 – India’s aviation aspirations soar as JRD pilots the first flight of the subcontinent from Karachi to Mumbai.

J.R.D. became Tata Sons chairman in 1938, at the age of 34.

Year 1939 – Tata Chemicals is incorporated in isolated, coastal Mithapur.

Year 1941 – The Tata Memorial Hospital is commissioned by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust.

Year 1945 – The group’s rapid business expansion continues with the establishment of Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company.

The Airlines also aided the Royal Airforce with the movement of troops, shipment of supplies, and saving of refugees in World War II. In the year of 1946, Tata Airlines was internalized and became a public company, and was renamed Air India.

Year 1952 – Women across the country celebrate as the group launches India’s first cosmetics brand, Lakme.

The full nationalization of the airline was undertaken in 1953 when the Indian government served the Air Corporations Act and obtained a majority stake in the airline from Tata Group, internalizing Air India.

Year 1954 – Voltas is incorporated and is associated with multiple prestigious projects, making it a leading engineering solutions provider and air conditioning brand.

Year 1962 – The group’s interest in the beverages space is brewing.

Year 1968 – India’s first software services company, Tata Consultancy Services ushers in a new era.

Year 1969 – JRD Tata and Doctor Jamshed Bhabha envision a world-class performing arts centre to preserve India’s heritage.

JRD continued to head Air India till 1977 when he was removed.

Year 1982 – The Taj Group accelerates its international expansion with the acquisition of St James Court in London, UK, two years after the company’s first international hotel in Yemen.

Year 1984 – The group clocks another win as Titan Industries, a JV with the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), makes a splash in a watch-starved market.

In 1991 he entered the family business, becoming director of its flagship construction company, Shapoorji Pallonji & Co.

Year 1992 – With an eye on an evolving market, Titan launches Raga to tap into the women’s watch segment.

Year 1994 – Titan revolutionizes the Indian jewelry market with the launch of Tanishq.

Fastrack (launched 1998) becomes an iconic youth brand.

Year 2000 – Tata Tea (now Tata Global Beverages) acquires the iconic, then 160-year-old, British Tetley group.

The archives found a new home in Pune in 2001.

Year 2002 – The Tata group acquires a controlling stake in VSNL, establishing Tata Communications.

Year 2003 – TCS is the first Indian software company to cross one billion dollars in revenues.

Year 2004 – Tata Motors acquires the heavy vehicles unit of Daewoo Motors, and in the same year, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Year 2006 – The group responds to the transforming satellite entertainment space by launching DTH (Direct-to-Home) provider, Tata Sky.

On January 10, 2008, Tata Motors officially launched the Nano, a tiny, rear-engine, pod-shaped vehicle that eventually sold at a base price (excluding options, tax, and transportation fees) equivalent to $1,500 to $3,000.

The first Nano hit the road in India in July 2009.

Year 2011 – Tata Medical Center, comprehensive cancer care and treatment facility designed especially to serve the poor in the region is inaugurated by Ratan Tata.

In 2012 he officially succeeded Ratan Tata as chairman of the Tata Group.

Year 2014 – Bombay House, is the first heritage building in India to receive a gold rating by Indian Green Building Council.

AirAsia India, a JV with popular, low-cost airline AirAsia Berhad, begins operations Year 2015 – The group follows up that development with Vistara, Tata Sons’ JV with Singapore Airlines.

Mistry was abruptly dismissed as chairman in October 2016—reportedly over disagreements with members of the Tata family regarding business strategy—and Ratan returned to the position on an interim basis.

Ratan’s second stint as chairman ended in January 2017 when Natarajan Chandrasekaran was appointed to the position.

Year 2018 – Tata Steel and ThyssenKrupp sign a landmark JV to create a new, strong pan-European steel champion that is structurally robust and competitive.

Year 2019 – In May 2019, Tata Global Beverages and Tata Chemicals announce a transaction to combine their consumer brands and create a new entity, Tata Consumer Products Ltd.

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