 "Caption: From Left: Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (1887-1904), Dorabji Tata (1904 to 1932), Nowroji Saklatvala (1932 to 1938) and JRD Tata (1938 to 1991): Photos: Tata Central Archives")
Jamsetji Tata’s biographer, a historian named Frank Harris, recorded that a partnership firm called Tata & Sons was established in 1868. While the precise date is unclear, a good conjecture is that it was in the July to September period of 1868.
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Tata Sons, R Gopalakrishnan, a former director of Tata Sons Limited, pays a tribute to the institution of Tata. Based on historical facts, he imagines a conversation among four former chairmen, who together led Tata from 1868 till 1991 — founder Jamsetji, his son, Dorabji, his
