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As India has progressed, so has the Tata Group. There
have been many meeting points in their shared history
and many individual highlights. We track some of the
standout events and moments
1947 - 1956 |
1957 - 1966 |
1967 - 1976
| 1977 - 1986
| 1987 -1996 |
1997 - 2007
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| 1947
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| 1948 |
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Mahatma
Gandhi assassinated |
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India
wins its 4th Olympic gold medal in hockey |
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Air
India International incorporated — inauguration
with Bombay-London service |
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| 1949 |
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Kashmir
issue: India and Pakistan sign an agreement
on demarcating the
borderline |
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| 1951 |
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First
Five-Year Plan presented |
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First
IIT set up in Kharagpur |
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Tata
Steel undertakes MEP (modernisation and expansion
programme) |
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| 1952 |
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Lakme
launched |
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| 1954 |
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Imperial
Bank nationalised and
renamed State Bank of India |
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India
and China sign treaty on Tibet |
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Telco
ties up with Daimler Benz to
make trucks |
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Voltas
incorporated |
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Power
facility at Trombay expanded to meet growing
demand |
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JRD
disagrees with Nehru’s policies |
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Historic
agreement signed by
Sir Jehangir Ghandy and Michael John, president
of Tata Steel Tata Workers’ Union |
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| 1956 |
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Indian
states reorganised on the basis of language |
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| 1957
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| 1957 |
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India’s
first nuclear reactor commissioned |
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Decimal
coinage introduced; Re1 = 100paise |
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Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation
and Indian Oil Corporation set up |
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Tisco
celebrates 50 years |
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| 1959 |
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First
television broadcast by All India Radio |
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Telco
establishes R&D centre in Jamshedpur |
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| 1961 |
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Goa
liberated from the Portuguese |
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Tata
AG set up in Switzerland to create awareness
on Tata’s businesses overseas |
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| 1962 |
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Tata
Exports set up (later renamed Tata International) |
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Water
crisis at Tata Chemicals due to drought leads
to the Make-up-water (MUW) innovation |
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Tatas
give Rs3 million to government for national
defence |
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| 1963 |
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Gold
Control Order passed |
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| 1966 |
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Indira
Gandhi becomes prime minister |
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Tata
Management Training Centre set up |
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| 1967
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| 1967 |
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Green
revolution makes India
self-sufficient in foodgrains |
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Tata
Relief Committee formed to help victims of
the Koyna earthquake |
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| 1968 |
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Tata
Consultancy Services set up |
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| 1969 |
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Banks
nationalised and privy purses abolished |
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Monopolies
Restrictive Trade Practices Act (MRTP) passed |
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Inauguration
of NCPA |
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Tata
Companies’ Articles of Association amended
to include social obligations |
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| 1970 |
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The
National Dairy Development Board starts Operation
Flood, later descirbed as the White Revolution |
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| 1971 |
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Indo-Pak
war; India defeats Pakistan, creates Bangladesh |
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Tata
Refugee Relief Project provided
assistance to over 10,000 refugees from East
Pakistan (Bangladesh) |
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| 1972 |
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Oil
strike at Bombay High, Bombay |
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Indira
Gandhi and Pakistan prime minister Zulfikar
Ali Bhutto sign the Shimla pact |
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| 1973 |
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Chipko
Andolan in Garhwal, to protest against deforestation |
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Foreign
Exchange Regulation Act passed |
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Project
Tiger launched and Wildlife Protection Act
passed |
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| 1974 |
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First
nuclear explosion at Pokhran |
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Darbari
Seth helps set up Tata Energy Research Institute
(TERI) with funds from Tata Chemicals |
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Taj
Group sets up first hotel in Goa. Helps forge
it as international tourist destination |
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| 1975 |
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Emergency
declared |
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Sholay,
India’s first 70 mm film, released |
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| 1976 |
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Tatas
take over management of tea estates from James
Finlay |
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| 1977
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| 1977 |
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Emergency
ends, Morarji Desai becomes prime minister |
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Tata
Zambia set up |
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TCS
introduces permanent account number (PAN)
system for the IT department |
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| 1978 |
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Steel
companies nationalised, but not TISCO |
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| 1979 |
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Tata
Chemical helps Morvi flood victims |
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| 1980 |
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Tata
Steel does its first social audit. It is the
only Indian company to do so thrice voluntarily
(1980, 1991, 2000) |
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| 1982 |
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Asian
Games held in Delhi; colour TV makes its debut |
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Datta
Samant’s strike cripples Bombay’s
textile industry |
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| 1983 |
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India
wins the Cricket World Cup |
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Maruti
800 launched |
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Launch
of INSAT-1B revolutionises communications
and broadcasting |
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Tata
Tea formed after takeover of Finlay |
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| 1984 |
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Operation
Bluestar |
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Indira
Gandhi assassinated |
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Bhopal
gas tragedy — poisonous gas leaks from
the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, killing
thousands of people |
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Squadron
leader Rakesh Sharma becomes the first Indian
to go into space |
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Titan
set up |
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500mw
power plant at Trombay
commissioned |
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| 1986 |
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Tata
Motors manufactures its first light commercial
vehicle, the 407DI |
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| 1987
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| 1988 |
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Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
set up |
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| 1990 |
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Mandal Commission report on reservations accepted |
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Gold
Control Act repealed |
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| 1991 |
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Rajiv
Gandhi assassinated |
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Economic
liberalisation, MRTP Act amended |
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Satellite
cable TV revolutionises media and entertainment |
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Tata
Central Archives set up in Pune |
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Tata
Motors rolls out 1 millionth commercial vehicle |
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| 1992 |
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JRD
Tata honoured with the Bharat Ratna |
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| 1993 |
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Serial
bomb blasts in Bombay |
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TOMCO
sold to Hindustan Lever, now Hindustan Unilever
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