Jamsetji Tata: Swadeshi Capitalist
Sunil Khilnani on how Jamsetji Tata aimed to transform Indian industry and beat the Raj at its own game: manufacturing.
Professor Sunil Khilnani explores the life and legacy of the industrialist Jamsetji Tata, one of a series of remarkable individuals who have made India what it is today. Tata played a vitally important role in establishing Indiaβs manufacturing base and went on to create the conditions for the countryβs future industrial development. Tata companies now constitute around five per cent of Indiaβs gross domestic product from hotels to power generation and IT. In the days of empire, the British dreamed of βmaking the world Englandβ; Tata helped to make the world more Indian.
Listeners can catch up with the series and see the list of remarkable Indians featured on the Radio 4 website.
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