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	'''Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata''' (R.D. Tata, 1856–1926) was an Indian businessman who played a pivotal role in the growth of the [[Tata Group]] in [[India]]. He was the first cousin of [[Jamsetji Tata]], a pioneering industrialist of [[India]] and the Founder of [[Tata Sons]]. He was one of the partners in Tata Sons founded by Jamsetji Tata. Ratanji is the father of [[J. R. D. Tata]].		'''Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata''' (R.D. Tata, 1856–1926) was an Indian businessman who played a pivotal role in the growth of the [[Tata Group]] in [[India]]. He was the first cousin of [[Jamsetji Tata]], a pioneering industrialist of [[India]] and the Founder of [[Tata Sons]]. He was one of the partners in Tata Sons founded by Jamsetji Tata. Ratanji is the father of [[J. R. D. Tata]].{{citation needed\|date=September 2021}}

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

	Ratanji was born in [[Navsari]] in [[Gujarat]] in 1856. He studied at [[Cathedral and John Connon School\|The Cathedral & John Connon School]] and [[Elphinstone College]] in [[Bombay]]. After graduating, he took up a course in [[agriculture]] in [[Madras]]. He then joined his family trade in the Far East.		Ratanji was born in [[Navsari]] in [[Gujarat]] in 1856.{{citation needed\|date=September 2021}} He studied at [[Cathedral and John Connon School\|The Cathedral & John Connon School]] and [[Elphinstone College]] in [[Bombay]]. After graduating, he took up a course in [[agriculture]] in [[Madras]]. He then joined his family trade in the Far East.

	Ratanji was married to a Parsee girl at a tender age. However, she died childless not long after the marriage. Ratanji was in his forties when he remarried a French woman, [[Suzanne Brière]], in 1902. This was considered revolutionary in his times and was not welcomed by some in the Parsi community. They had five children Rodabeh, Jehangir ([[~~JRD~~ Tata]]), Jimmy, Sylla and Dorab.		Ratanji was married to a Parsee girl at a tender age. However, she died childless not long after the marriage. Ratanji was in his forties when he remarried a French woman, [[Suzanne Brière]], in 1902. This was considered revolutionary in his times and was not welcomed by some in the Parsi community. They had five children Rodabeh, Jehangir ([[J.R.D Tata]]), Jimmy, Sylla and Dorab.

	==Opium trade==		==Opium trade==

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{{short description|Indian businessman}}
{{about|Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, the father of [[J.R.D. Tata]]|Ratan Naval Tata, the present Chairman Emeritus of [[Tata Sons]]|Ratan Tata|Sir Ratan Tata, the Philanthropist and son of [[Jamsedji Tata]]|Ratanji Tata}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata
| birth_date = 1856
| birth_place = [[Navsari]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Gujarat]], [[India]])
| death_date = 1926
| death_place = [[Paris]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
| alma_mater = [[Cathedral & John Connon School]]
| occupation = [[Industrialist]]
| spouse = Suzanne Brière
| children = Rodabeh, [[J. R. D. Tata|Jehangir]], Jimmy, Sylla and Darab

}}
'''Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata''' (R.D. Tata, 1856–1926) was an Indian businessman who played a pivotal role in the growth of the [[Tata Group]] in [[India]]. He was the first cousin of [[Jamsetji Tata]], a pioneering industrialist of [[India]] and the Founder of [[Tata Sons]]. He was one of the partners in Tata Sons founded by Jamsetji Tata. Ratanji is the father of [[J. R. D. Tata]].

==Personal life==

Ratanji was born in [[Navsari]] in [[Gujarat]] in 1856. He studied at [[Cathedral and John Connon School|The Cathedral & John Connon School]] and [[Elphinstone College]] in [[Bombay]]. After graduating, he took up a course in [[agriculture]] in [[Madras]]. He then joined his family trade in the Far East.

Ratanji was married to a Parsee girl at a tender age. However, she died childless not long after the marriage. Ratanji was in his forties when he remarried a French woman, [[Suzanne Brière]], in 1902. This was considered revolutionary in his times and was not welcomed by some in the Parsi community. They had five children Rodabeh, Jehangir ([[JRD Tata]]), Jimmy, Sylla and Dorab.

==Opium trade==

Under the name Tata & Co, Ratanji ran an [[opium]] importing business in China, which was legal at the time.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/from-parsee-priests-to-profits-say-hello-to-tata-434575.html From Parsee priests to profits: say hello to Tata]</ref> In 1887, he and other merchants such as [[David Solomon Sassoon]] presented a petition on behalf of the opium traders to complain about a [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Legislative Council]] bill that threatened to affect their trade.<ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/1886-87/h870325.pdf Legislative Council No. 21]. Friday, 25 March 1887</ref>

==Director of Tata Steel==

[[Tata Steel]] was conceived and commissioned by Jamsetji Tata. However, Jamsetji died before the completion of the project. Ratanji played an important role in the completion of the Tata Steel Project along with Jamsetji's son [[Dorabji Tata|Dorab]] and thus Tata Steel was established in [[Jamshedpur]].

The Tatas supplied steel to the British during the [[World War I|First World War]]. However, after the war Tata Steel went through a difficult period in the 1920s as steel was [[Dumping (pricing policy)|dumped]] into India from [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and [[Belgium]]. Ratanji, along with other directors successfully sought protection for the Indian steel industry from the colonial government of the day and steadied the operations of Tata Steel.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100205064010/http://www.tatacentralarchives.com/history/family_tree/family_tree.pdf A section of the Tata family tree from the Tata Central Archives]
* [[R. M. Lala|R.M. Lala]] ''Beyond The Last Blue Mountain''

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