Tata & Sons
History and Corporate profile of Tata Group
1868 - Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata starts a private trading firm
1874 - The Central India Spinning, Weaving and Manufacturing Company is set up
1902 - The Indian Hotels Company is incorporated
1903 - Taj Mahal Palace, India's first luxury hotel opened
1907 - The Tata Iron and Steel Company is established
1907 – First overseas office Tata Limited is opened at London
1910 - The Tata Hydro-Electric Power Supply Company is set up
1911 - The Indian Institute of Science is established in Bangalore
1912 – Tata Steel Jamshedpur plant started its operation
1912 – Tata steel introduces 8 hour working before such law was implemented
1917 – Tata oils mill company has been established to make personal care products
1917 - Andhra Valley Power Supply Company is established
1919 - Tata Power has been established
1919 – New India Assurance is setup
1932 – Tata airlines started, branded as Air India
1936 - Tata Institute of Social Sciences
1939 – Tata chemicals is established
1941 - India's first cancer hospital, the Tata Memorial is started
1945 – Tata Engineering and Locomotive works is established to manufacture trucks and buses
1945 – Tata Industries is started for Hi-tech Industries
1952 – After the request made by the then Prime Minister Jawarhalal Nehru to start cosmetics company, Tata starts Lakme
1953 – Indian Government nationalizes Air India
1954 – Voltas an Engineering, Marketing and Manufacturing organization established
1956 – New India Assurance is nationalized
1962 – Tata Finlay established, now it is called as Tata Tea
1962 – Tata Exports is established and now renamed as Tata International
1968 – Tata Consultancy Services is established
1970 - Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company is created to publish educational and technical books
1971 – Tata precision Industries is established in Singapore
1984 – Tata oil mills company is sold to Hindustan Unilever
1984 - Titan Industries, a joint venture between the Tata Group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO), is set up to manufacture watches
1995 - JRD QV Award is instituted by Tata quality management services
1996 – Tata Teleservices is started to offer telecom services
1997 – Lakme sold to Hindustan Unilever
1998 - Tata Indica is launched by Tata motors
2000 - The Tata Hydro-Electric Power Supply Company and Andhra Valley Power Supply Company are merged with Tata Power
2000 - Tata Tea (now known as Tata Global Beverages) acquires the Tetley group, UK
2001 – Tata AIG, enters Insurance market
2002 - Tata Sons acquires a major stake in VSNL
2004 – Tata motors acquires Daewoo Motors, South korea
2005 – Tata steel acquires NatSteel
2005 – Tata Telecommunications acquires Tyco Global network, one of the world's largest providers of submarine cable bandwidth
2005 - Taj group takes over management of The Pierre, NY
2005 - Taj group acquires a hotel run by Starwood, Sydney (now Blue)
2005 - Tata Motors creates a new mini-truck segment in India with the launch of Tata Ace
2005 - Trent acquires strategic interest in Landmark chain of bookstores
2006 - Tata Sky satellite television service launched across the country
2006 - Taj group acquires the Ritz-Carlton, Boston (now known as Taj Boston)
2006 - Tata Chemicals acquires controlling stake in Brunner Mond Group, UK (now known as Tata Chemicals Europe)
2006 - Infiniti Retail launches Croma, India's first national chain of multi brand outlets for consumer electronics and durable products
2007 - Tata Steel acquires the Anglo-Dutch company Corus (now known as Tata Steel Europe), making it the world's fifth-largest steel producer
2007 - TCS inaugurates TCS China — a joint venture with the Chinese government and other partners
2007 - Computational Research Laboratories, develops Eka, one of the fastest supercomputers in the world & the fastest in Asia
2007 - The Taj group acquires Campton Place Hotel in San Francisco (now known as Taj Campton Place)
2007 - Tata Capital established as a new Tata company in the financial sector
2008 - Tata Motors unveils Tata Nano, the People’s Car, at the 9th Auto Expo in Delhi on January 10,
2008 - Tata Motors acquires the Jaguar and Land Rover brands from the Ford Motor Company
2008 - Tata Chemicals acquires General Chemical Industrial Products Inc (now known as Tata Chemicals North America)
2009 - Tata Motors announces commercial launch of the Tata Nano; delivers first Tata Nano in the country in Mumbai
2009 - Tata Teleservices announces pan-India GSM service with NTT DOCOMO
2009 - TRF acquires Dutch Lanka Trailer Manufacturers (DLT), Sri Lanka, a world-class trailer manufacturing company
2009 - Jaguar Land Rover introduces its premium range of vehicles in India
2009 - Tata Chemicals launches Tata Swach — the world’s most cost-effective water purifier
2009 - Tata Housing makes waves with its launch of low cost housing in Mumbai
2010 - TRF acquires UK-based Hewitt Robins International
2010 - Tata Tea announces joint venture with PepsiCo for health drinks
2010 - Tata Tea group rebrands itself as Tata Global Beverages, headquartered in London
2010 - Tata Chemicals acquires 100-per-cent stake in leading vacuum salt producer British Salt, UK
2010 - Tata Chemicals launches i-Shakti dals, India's first national brand of pulses
2011 - Tata Chemicals rebrands its global subsidiaries in the UK, the US and Kenya under the Tata Chemicals corporate brand
2011 - Tata Medical Center, a comprehensive cancer care and treatment facility established in Kolkata
2011 - The Tata Nano begins international journey in Sri Lanka and Nepal
2011 - Tata BP Solar becomes wholly owned Tata company (now known as Tata Power Solar Systems)
2012 - Tata Global Beverages and Starbucks form joint venture to open Starbucks cafés across India. First outlet launched in October in Mumbai
2012 - Tata Communications completes world’s first wholly-owned cable network ring around the world
2012 - India’s first iodine plus iron fortified salt launched by Tata Chemicals
2012 - Tata AIG Life Insurance Company to be now called Tata AIA Life Insurance Company
2013 - Tata Technologies acquires Cambric, a premier US-based engineering services company
2013 - TCS acquires IT services firm Alti to help drive long-term growth in France
2013 - Titan Industries is now Titan Company
2013 - Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines to establish new airline in India
2013 - Mount Everest Mineral Water (MEMW) to be merged with Tata Global Beverages
2013 - Tata Toyo and Air International enter into a joint venture
2014 - Tata Sons sets up office in Singapore as base for Asean region
2014 - TCS and Mitsubishi Corporation join forces, create strategic Japanese IT services company
2014 - Tata Global Beverages' UK subsidiary acquires 100 percent equity stake in Earth Rules, Australia
2014 - CMC amalgamates with TCS
2015 - Vistara takes to the skies