Tata family

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{{short description|prominent Indian business family and philanthropists}}
{{Infobox family|name=Tata family|caption=|image=|region=[[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India|origin=[[Navsari]], [[Gujarat]], India|members=[[Jamsetji Tata]] [[Dorabji Tata]] [[Ratanji Tata]] [[Naval Tata]] [[Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata|R. D Tata]] [[J. R. D. Tata]] [[Ratan Tata]] [[Simone Tata]] [[Noel Tata]] Neville Tata|otherfamilies=[[Petit baronets|Petit family]] [[Nowroji Saklatwala|Saklatwala family]] [[Homi J. Bhabha|Bhabha family]] [[Pallonji Mistry|Mistry family]]|religion=[[Zoroastrianism]]|heirlooms=[[Tata Sons]]|estate=|meaning=|footnotes=}}

The '''Tata family''' is a prominent Indian business family, based in the city of [[Mumbai]]. The parent company is [[Tata Sons]], which is the main [[holding company]] of the [[Tata Group]], and about 65% of stock in these companies is owned by Tata charitable trusts, mainly the Ratan Tata Trust and the Dorab Tata Trust. Approximately 18% of shares are held by the [[Pallonji Mistry]] family, and the rest by various Tata Sons. The Tatas are a [[Parsi]] [[Baniya]] family who originally came to [[Mumbai]] from [[Navsari]] in the state of [[Gujarat]]. The founder of the family's fortunes was [[Jamshedji Tata]]. The Tatas are the original founders of the Tata Sons.

The Tata family is related to the prominent [[Petit baronets]], a Parsi through Sylla Tata, who married Sir Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, 3rd Baronet.

==Prominent members==
* [[Jamshetji Tata|Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata]] (3 March 1839 – 19 May 1904), known as one of the fathers of Indian industry<ref>{{Cite web|title = Forbes India Magazine - Tata Sons: Passing the Baton|url = http://forbesindia.com/article/boardroom/tata-sons-passing-the-baton/31052/1|website = forbesindia.com|access-date = 2015-11-17}}</ref>
** [[Dorabji Tata]] (27 August 1859 – 3 June 1932), elder son of Jamshedji, Indian industrialist, philanthropist and 2nd Chairman of Tata Group. His wife, Meherbai Tata, was the paternal aunt of nuclear scientist [[Homi J. Bhabha]]
** [[Ratanji Tata]] (20 January 1871 – 5 September 1918), younger son of Jamshedji, philanthropist and pioneer of poverty studies. After Ratanji Tata died, his wife, Navajbai Tata, adopted an orphan, Naval, who was the grand-nephew of her mother-in-law, and raised him as her own son.
*** [[Naval Tata]], (30 August 1904 – 5 May 1989) adopted son of Navajbai Tata. His biological maternal grandmother had been the sister of Hirabai Tata, wife of group founder [[Jamshedji Tata]]. Also, his biological father, Hormusji Tata, had belonged to the broader Tata family, and Naval therefore carried the surname "Tata" by birthright.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malik |first1=Amil |title=Who is Ratan Tata and how 'real' a Tata is he? |url=https://www.vccircle.com/who-ratan-tata-and-how-real-tata-he/ |agency=VC Circle |publisher=Mosaic Media Ventures Pvt. Ltd. |date=Nov 30, 2016}}</ref> Director in several Tata companies, ILO member, recipient of [[Padma Bhushan]]. He married twice and had three sons.
*** [[Simone Tata|Simone Naval Tata]], second wife of Naval Tata, a Swiss woman and a Catholic. She ran [[Lakme cosmetics|Lakme]] and served as chairperson of [[Trent (Westside)|Trent]]<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Noel-Tata-takes-over-as-chairman-of-Trent/articleshow/33070853.cms|title = Noel Tata takes over as chairman of Trent|access-date = 24 January 2015|publisher = Times of India}}</ref>
**** [[Ratan Tata]], 5th Chairman of the [[Tata Group]], son of Naval Tata by his first wife Sooni Commissariat
**** Jimmy Tata, son of Naval Tata by his first wife Sooni Commissariat.
**** [[Noel Tata]], chairperson of [[Trent (Westside)|Trent]], son of Naval Tata by his second wife Simone
* [[Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata]] (1856–1926), one of the early stalwarts to serve the [[Tata Group]]. His father Dadabhoy and Jeevanbai - mother of [[Jamshedji Tata]], were siblings. Ratanji was also a paternal cousin of Jamshedji and belonged to the broader Tata family. He married [[Suzanne Brière]], a French Catholic, and had five children, including:
** [[J. R. D. Tata]] (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993), son of Ratanji Tata by his wife Suzanne. As 4th Chairman of Tata Group, he pioneered Indian aviation and founded [[Tata Airlines]] (later known as [[Air India]])
** Sylla Tata, daughter of Ratanji Dadabhoy and elder sister of J. R. D. She was married to [[Petit baronets#Petit Baronets, of Petit Hall (1890)|Dinshaw Maneckji Petit]], 3rd baronet Petit. Her sister-in-law, [[Rattanbai Petit]], was married to [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], the founder of [[Pakistan]], and Rattanbai and Jinnah's daughter, [[Dina Jinnah]], was the wife of [[Neville Wadia]].<ref name="Wadia">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C06%5C30%5Cstory_30-6-2009_pg7_32 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416065320/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C06%5C30%5Cstory_30-6-2009_pg7_32 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2013 |title=Aslam Jinnah's claim of being Quaid's family disputed |date=30 June 2009 |publisher=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]] |first=Amar |last=Guriro |access-date=11 September 2012 }}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.tatacentralarchives.com/tata-legacy/family-tree.html|title=Tata family tree}} At Tata Central Archives.
* {{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071372|title=Tata family|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}}

== External links ==
* [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/photo/10868900.cms Tata family tree], ''Economic times''
* [https://www.viralpanda.net/the-most-successful-tata/ The most successful Tata] ''Viral Panda''

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