Development in India · Part 2

up in . However, TISCO made a huge headway than the other endeavourers in this sector. Its production increased from , tons in – to , , tons in – . The First World War gave a landmark break to the industrialisation of the country. For the first time, Britain’s strategic position in the East was challenged by Japan. The traditional trade routes were vulnerable to attack. To meet the requirements, development of industries in India became necessary. Hence, Britain loosened its grip and granted some concessions to the Indian capitalists. Comparative relaxation of control by the British government and the expansion of domestic market due to the War, facilitated the process of industrialisation. For Tata Iron and Steel Company Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, popularly known as J. N. Tata ( – ), came from a Parsi (Zoroastrian) business family in Navsari, Baroda. The first successful Indian entrepreneur, he is called the father of the Indian modern industry. In order to help his father’s business, he travelled all over the world and this exposure helped him in his future endeavours. His trading company, established in , evolved into the Tata Group. A nationalist, he called one of the mills established in Kurla, Bombay “Swadeshi”. His children Dorabji Tata and Ratanji Tata followed his dream and it was Dorabji Tata who finally realised the long term dream of his father to establish an iron and steel company in . His enthusiasm was such that he spent two years in US to learn from the American Iron Industrialists. His yet another dream to set up a hydroelectric company did not materialize during his life time. However, the first major Hydroelectric project – Tata Hydroelectric Company–was set up in . With great foresight the Tatas founded the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. J. N. Tata Dwarakanath Tagore Period of Radicalism in Anti-imperialist Struggles in the state. The number of sugar factories in the province rose from two to eleven between and . There were also proliferation of rice mills, oil mills and cinema enterprise during