Happy Birthday Ratan Tata: 8 Interesting Facts About The Legend That You Might Not Know

Worth December 28, 2023 By Ananya Jain Image Courtesy: AFP

Fact 1 Ratan Tata's great-grandfather was Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata group. When he was only 10 years old in 1948, his parents divorced, and as a result, Navajbai Tata, Ratanji Tata's wife, reared him. Image Courtesy: Instagram/RatanTata

Fact 2 He once acknowledged that he had fallen in love during his time working in Los Angeles. Nevertheless, the girl's parents were against sending her to India due to the 1962 Indo-China War. Hence, he never got married after that. Image Courtesy: Instagram/RatanTata

Fact 3 Ratan Tata completed his elementary education at Campion School in Mumbai. He then attended Bishop Cotton School in Shimla, John Connon School in Mumbai, and Cathedral School in Mumbai. In 1955, he graduated from New York City's Riverdale Country School. Image Courtesy: AFP

Fact 4 When Ratan Tata joined the Tata Group in 1961, his initial position was overseeing Tata Steel's shop floor operations. Image Courtesy: AFP

Fact 5 In 2004, Ratan Tata took TCS public. Following the landmark mergers of British automaker Jaguar Land Rover, Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus, and British tea manufacturer Tetley, the Tata group gained international notice under his direction. Image Courtesy: AFP

Fact 6 He made a 2009 pledge to produce the most affordable car that the Indian middle class could buy. He released the Tata Nano for Rs 1 to 2 Lakhs approximately, keeping his word. Image Courtesy: AFP

Fact 7 His generosity is the power. He oversaw the establishment of the $28 million Tata Scholarship Fund at Cornell University, which offers financial aid to Indian undergraduate students.?? Image Courtesy: AFP

Happy Birthday Ratan Tata: 8 Interesting Facts About The Legend That You Might Not Know

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