Tuesday, May 12, 2009

124: PURANI BAATH HAI!!!

  • In 1868, he started a trading company with a seed capital of Rs. 21,000
  • In 1869, he acquired a bankrupt oil mill in Chinchpokli, converted it into a cotton mill and renamed the mill to Alexandra Mill.
  • In 1871, He sold the mill two years later for a healthy profit.
  • Thereafter he set up a cotton mill in Nagpur in 1874.
  • He christened it Empress Mill on 1 January 1877 when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India.

About whom I'm I talking???

Answer: Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata.

Rohan, Rohit Nair, Saurabh Agarwal, AeTos, Gaurav, Vinay R m and Roshan have cracked the answer.

7 comments:

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Jamsetji Tata (JN Tata)

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Saurabh Aggarwal said...

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vinay r m said...

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GAURAV said...

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AeTos said...

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