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Industrial Pioneers of British Raj

Industrial Pioneers of British Raj

I am reading the stories and memoirs of the people who has built the businesses in tough times. Now when I am reading most of the work done of the Indian people in the British Raj, I have came to various conclusions.

Unlike all the world (or just say indians) these people took the advantage of the British Raj, Oppportunities that they got in those times bcz of those foreigners, world war, etc. These people made shit tone of money by being optimistic and leveraging those problems to solve them and make money and fortune out of it.

When reading, most of the people were doing businesses in same timeline and then I realised there were not few but many. SMART people.

Then I just asked ChatGPT to make a tree of these people, where they did businesses, when, and what. And it’s just good to see in that view to get the better picture.

Although, there are more than these people. But I have read the work of these people, that’s why have made it for myself.

├── Jamsetji Tata (1839–1904)
│ ├── Timeline: 1868 (Founded Tata Group)
│ ├── Business: Tata Group
│ ├── Industries: Textiles, Steel, Power, Hotels, Education
│ └── Region: Mumbai, Jamshedpur (India)

├── Ghanshyam Das Birla (1894–1983)
│ ├── Timeline: 1919 (Founded Birla Brothers Ltd.)
│ ├── Business: Birla Group
│ ├── Industries: Textiles, Cement, Aluminum, Banking
│ └── Region: Kolkata, Mumbai (India)

├── Walchand Hirachand (1882–1953)
│ ├── Timeline: 1908 (Walchand-Tulsidas & Co.), 1926 (Hindustan Construction Company)
│ ├── Businesses:
│ │ ├── Hindustan Construction Company (Construction)
│ │ ├── Scindia Steam Navigation (Shipping)
│ │ ├── Premier Automobiles (Automobiles)
│ │ └── Walchandnagar Industries (Engineering)
│ └── Region: Mumbai, Pune (India)

├── Lala Shri Ram (1884–1963)
│ ├── Timeline: 1909 (Founded DCM)
│ ├── Business: Delhi Cloth & General Mills (DCM)
│ ├── Industries: Textiles, Sugar, Chemicals, Education
│ └── Region: Delhi (India)

├── Ardeshir Godrej (1868–1936)
│ ├── Timeline: 1897 (Founded Godrej & Boyce)
│ ├── Business: Godrej Group
│ ├── Industries: Locks, Safes, Appliances, Soaps
│ └── Region: Mumbai (India)

├── Sir Dorabji Tata (1859–1932)
│ ├── Timeline: 1907 (Tata Steel), 1910 (Tata Power)
│ ├── Business: Tata Steel, Tata Power
│ ├── Industries: Steel, Power, Insurance
│ └── Region: Jamshedpur, Mumbai (India)

├── Sir Purushottamdas Thakurdas (1879–1961)
│ ├── Timeline: 1907 (Indian Merchants’ Chamber), 1934 (Hindustan Unilever)
│ ├── Business: Indian Merchants’ Chamber, Hindustan Unilever
│ ├── Industries: Trade, FMCG, Business Associations
│ └── Region: Mumbai (India)

├── Jahangir Ratanji Dadabhoy (JRD) Tata (1904–1993)
│ ├── Timeline: 1932 (Founded Tata Airlines), 1945 (Tata Motors)
│ ├── Businesses:
│ │ ├── Tata Airlines (Aviation)
│ │ ├── Tata Motors (Automobiles)
│ │ └── Tata Consultancy Services (IT)
│ └── Region: Mumbai (India)

├── Morarji Desai (1896–1995)
│ ├── Timeline: 1923 (Joined Bombay State Civil Service)
│ ├── Business: Politician, served as the Prime Minister of India
│ ├── Industries: Governance, Civil Service
│ └── Region: Mumbai, Delhi (India)

└── Seth Hukumchand (1874–1959)
├── Timeline: 1913 (Founded Hukumchand Jute Mills)
├── Business: Hukumchand Mills
├── Industries: Jute, Textiles
└── Region: Indore (India)