Ratan Tata’s marriage to Suzanne Briere and
her subsequent navjote created a storm but the marriage was a happy one
Exracts from ‘Jeh’: A life of JRD Tata by Bakhtiar K. Dadabhoy. Reprinted with permission of the publishers Rupa and Company.
Jamsetji established Tata and Sons in 1887 with his first-born Dorab and young Ratanji (RD) as partners. He had been impressed with Ratanji’s handling of the textile business in Nagpur and decided to make him a partner when he set up Tata and Sons 13 years later. RD was born in Navsari in 1856 and according to an interview his son Jehangir (JRD) gave many years later, was, in all probability, adopted from a poor family. After completing his graduation......