FROM OUR ARCHIEVES ACHRONICLE- JAMSETJI NUSSERWANJI TATA 1839 March3,JamsetiTata bom at Navsari,Gujaral 1853 _JoinsElphinstone Institution, Bombay 1858 Passesoutasa "Green Scholar” 1859 Joins hisfather'sfirmm,Nusserwanj and Kallandas, General Merchants ascomanager cofanew branchin Hongkong. 1867 JamsetihearsT ding the maxim omasCarlyleat Mand ‘which gains control of ron, soon acquires contr 1868 Jamsetjstartsa private trading firmin the Centra Provir 1869. TheAlexandra Ml, JN Tata ofcotton goods. 1869 Spends6 1874 Pro Limitedin Bombay Centrd provinc industrial enterprise, commences manufacture s studying tral india cottontrade, th ning, sd Manufacturing Company ploneerin foundingthe irstjoint stack company in the lubisfoundedin Bombay by J NTat 1877 Empress Mills opens on Januaty 1 when Queen Victor proclaimed the Empress of india sith Charles TREPLTghy 1N Tt, RD rom ata Tata, Sr Dorab Tata The pre Mangphe evenelcirle prove Bombay Ti 1882 Readsare Geoloai the availabilty oro {by German 1 Ritter Von Schwartzon oreinChanda District in the Central Provinces, which gives him theideaofiving India steel plant 1885 Attendsthe founding ofthe Indian Nationd Congress 1886. Buys''sick’ DharamsiMill ater Svadeshi Mills ta mark the beginning oftheSwadeshi Movement. Within eight years Svadeshi cloth etches the highest pricesinindia ALJ NTata’sinsstencethefist successful artesian wells sunkat Navasar. initiates projects agriculture toimprove thelot of the people IN Tata covertshisbusinessintoa Company cle Tata and Sonsand takes into partnership Dorab Tata and RDTata 1887 Mahal Palace Hotel, Bombay 1892 1893 1894 1898 1899 1900 "Na ae FSCS Ba Begins J NTataEndowment 5.25 1902 Scheme with acapitd c lakhs. ‘The Gymkhana Chambers constructed. making new erain ‘accommadationfor thoseof modest means Givesa filipto thesick industry in (Mysore byinstituting the first 1903 ‘organized sik farm. Begins work or Ta Mahal Hotel. The foundationislaid the Apollo Reclamation Grounds Lord Curzon receives J NTata's scheme for the Imperial University fn The institution finaly takes f 1904 shapeas theIndiar Inti Sciencein 191 Interest in the anand steel industry is rekinded by Major ‘Mahon's report \VistsEnglandtomeettheSecretary of State for India, Lord George Hamilton, Visits US studescokingprocessat Birmingham, Alabama Visits Cleveland and meets llan Kennedy theforemostmetalluricd consutant whorecommends CharlsPagePetin as theconsuting engineer forhis proposed steeplantin India Prin agreestovistndia In April C MWeld Pern’ partner anrivestoexploreforaw material with DorabTata and Shapusi Saklavala TheTy the jeweled crown’among Indian hotels opens inBombay.Thefirstbuldingin Bombay tobeltby electricity PNBose,an ndiar Geologist who clscoveredthe loy Gorumahisani hils wit tsstorenouseofron-ore informs J NTataabouthisfindings May 19,JamsetiTata dies atBad Nauheim in Germany,