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TATA, DORABJI JAMSETJI. Adm. at CAIUS, Oct. 1, 1877. [Eldest] s. of Jamsetji Nusseerwanji, merchant, of Nagpore, India (and Berabai, dau. of Kharsetji Daboo). B. [Aug. 27], 1859, in Bombay, Schools, Fort proprietary, Bombay, and Paddock Wood. Matric. Michs. 1877. Hon. Fellow, 1922. Adm. at the Inner Temple, July 4, 1878. In the office of the Bombay Gazette for 2 years after leaving College, Chairman of the Express Mills, Nagpur, 1887. Prospected for iron in the jungles of the Central Provinces and Orissa , and thereby greatly extended the importance of his family's iron-works. Head of the iron and steel-works at Jamshedpur, the hydroelectric installations on the Western Ghauts, the Tata cotton mills, and other large enterprises in India . Knighted, 1910. President of the Indian Industrial Congress. Hon. Member of the Society of Chemical Industry, 1923. His numerous endowments included the Indian Institute of Science, at Bangalore; £8000 a year to the Bombay Government for a School of Tropical Medicine and for Medical Research; £187,500 for scholarships for medical research; £25,000 for the new engineering laboratory at Cambridge. Married, 1898, Mehrbai, dau. of H. J. Bhabha, Inspector-General of Education in Mysore, Karnataka ( Venn, II. 429; Inns of Court; Who was Who; The Times, June 5, 1932.) | Dorabji Jamsetji TATA Approx. lifespan: 18591932 Adm Gonville & Caius College 1877:10:01 Eldest s. of Jamsetji Nusseerwanji TATA merchant, of Nagpore, India (and Berabai dau. of Kharsetji Daboo) b. Bombay, [ India ] 1859:[08:27] Schools Sch: Fort proprietary, Bombay, [ India ], and Paddock Wood, [XXX] Matric 1877:10MT: Hon. Fellow 1922 Adm. Inner Temple: 1878:07:04 In the office of the Bombay Gazette for 2 years after leaving College Chairman of: the Express Mills, Nagpur, [ India ] 1887 Prospected for iron in the jungles of Central India , India and Orissa , [ India ], and thereby greatly extended the importance of his family's iron-works. Head of: : iron and steel-works Jamshedpur, [ India ], the hydroelectric installations on the Western Ghauts, [ India ], the Tata cotton mills [ India ], and other large enterprises India Knighted 1910 President of: : Indian Industrial Congress. Hon. Member of: Society of Chemical Industry 1923 His numerous endowments included the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, [ India ] £8000 a year to the Bombay Government, [ India ] for a Sch: School of Tropical Medicine and for Medical Research; £187,500 for scholarships for medical research; £25,000 for the new engineering laboratory CB, [ Cambridgeshire ] m. 1898,Mehrbai dau. of H. J. Bhabha, Inspector-General of: Education in Mysore, Karnataka , India d. Bad Kissengen, Germany 1932:06:03 ( Venn, II. 429; Inns of Court; Who was Who; The Times 1932:06:05) |