Multiple choice

Jamshetji Tata, the founder of Tata group began with a textile Mill during which of the following years?

  1. 1860's

  2. 1870's

  3. 1880's

  4. 1890's
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Jamshetji Tata, founder of the Tata Group, established his first textile mill - the Central India Spinning, Weaving and Manufacturing Company - in Nagpur in 1874 (specifically in the 1870s). This was the beginning of India's industrial revolution. The 1860s were too early (he was still trading), and the 1880s-90s were when the group expanded to other industries.

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