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Written with J.R.D. Tata’s co-operation, this superb biography tells the J.R.D. story, from his birth to 1993, the year in which he died in Switzerland. The book is divided into four parts: Part-I deals with the early years, from J.R.D.’s birth in France in 1904 to his accession to the Chairmanship of Tatas, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, at the age of thirty-four; Part-II looks at his forty-six years in Indian aviation ( the lasting passion of J.R.D.’s life) which let to the initiation of the Indian aviation industry and its development into one of India’s success stories; Part III illuminates his half-century-long stint as the outstanding personality of Indian industry; and Part-IV unearths hitherto unknown details about the private manand the public figure, including glimpses of his long friendship with people such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and his association with celebrities in India and abroad.
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