Sir Dorabji Tata was an Indian businessman of the British Raj, and a key figure in the history and development of the Tata Group.
16 Facts About Dorabji Tata
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Dorabji Tata was knighted in 1910 for his contributions to industry in British India.
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Dorabji Tata received his primary education at the Proprietary High School in Bombay before travelling to England in 1875, where he was privately tutored.
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Dorabji Tata entered Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in 1877, where he remained for two years before returning to Bombay in 1879.
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Dorabji Tata continued his studies at St Xavier's College, Bombay, where he obtained a degree in 1882.
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Dorabji Tata was first sent to Pondicherry, then a French colony, to determine whether a cotton mill might be profitable there.
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Dorabji Tata was the father of scientist Homi J Bhabha.
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The Dorabji Tata Group funded Bhabha's research and his research institutions, including the Dorabji Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
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Dorabji Tata was intimately involved in the fulfilment of his father's ideas of a modern iron and steel industry, and agreed to the necessity for hydroelectric electricity to power the industry.
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Dorabji Tata was extremely fond of sports, and was a pioneer in the Indian Olympic movement.
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Dorabji Tata was a member of the International Olympic Committee during most of the years between World War I and World War II.
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Meherbai Dorabji Tata died of leukaemia in 1931 at the age of 52.
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Shortly after her death, Dorabji established the Lady Tata Memorial Trust to advance study of diseases of the blood.
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Dorabji Tata additionally provided the seed money to fund the setting up of India's premier scientific and engineering research institution, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
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Dorabji Tata died in Bad Kissingen, Germany, on 3 June 1932, at the age of 73.
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Dorabji Tata is buried alongside his wife Meherbai in Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, England.