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Dorabji Tata

1859 - 1932

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Sir Dorabji Tata (27 August 1859 – 3 June 1932) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist of the British Raj, and a key figure in the history and development of the Tata Group. He was knighted in 1910 for his contributions to industry in British India. He was the elder son of Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorabji Tata has received more than 1,997,852 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Dorabji Tata is the 699th most popular businessperson, the 912th most popular biography from India and the 16th most popular Indian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Dorabji Tata ranks 699 out of 847. Before him are Lynn Hill, Changpeng Zhao, Martin Whitmarsh, Peter Hill-Wood, Andy Jassy, and Ilya Segalovich. After him are Harley Earl, Tony Fernandes, Peter Ueberroth, Stockton Rush, Zhang Yiming, and Ashley Biden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Dorabji Tata ranks 140. Before him are Paolo Orsi, Clarence Clark, Kei Okami, Tom Watson, Cecil Sharp, and George Lansbury. After him are Matilda Howell, Mary Anderson, Sidney Lee, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Alice Eastwood, and Katharine Lee Bates. Among people deceased in 1932, Dorabji Tata ranks 144. Before him are Zoltán Ambrus, Peder Kolstad, Väinö Siikaniemi, Charles Le Goffic, Virginie Hériot, and Edward Barrett. After him are Adelaide Ames, Fred Yates, Sol Plaatje, Outram Bangs, Edith Cowan, and Major Taylor.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dorabji Tata ranks 912 out of 1,861. Before him are Sushmita Sen (1975), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Balram Jakhar (1923), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), Sudha Chandran (1965), and Kanan Devi (1916). After him are Nandini Satpathy (1931), Uddhav Thackeray (1960), Avinash Dixit (1944), Yellapragada Subbarow (1895), Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi (1920), and MS Dhoni (1981).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In India

Among businesspeople born in India, Dorabji Tata ranks 16. Before him are Indra Nooyi (1955), Gautam Adani (1962), Vijay Mallya (1955), Dwarkanath Tagore (1794), Ajay Banga (1959), and Anil Ambani (1959). After him are Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888), Nita Ambani (1963), Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1953), Pallonji Mistry (1929), Vinod Khosla (1955), and Indu Jain (1936).

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