Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, commonly known as Jamsetji Tata, was born on March 3, 1839, in Navsari, in southern Gujarat. He was born in a respectable but poor Zoroastrian Persian (Parsi) family to his parents, Nusserwanji Tata and Jeevanbai Tata. While his father and other relatives were following the priestly tradition, it was Jamsetji, who decided not to become a Parsee priest and instead started a business from scratch.
Jamsetji Tata’s parents supported him in his pursuit of becoming the first person in their family to try his luck in business. Nusserwanji Tata and Jeevanbai Tata knew that their son had a sharp mind and was blessed with special abilities in mental arithmetic right from an early age. However, no one was aware that Jamsetji would go on to build a conglomerate that would play a major role in India’s development.
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