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Tata Steel pays homage to Sir Dorabji Tata
Tata Steel and the citizens of Jamshedpur today came forward to pay tribute to the legendary Sir Dorabji Tata on the eve of his 151st birth anniversary and remember the priceless contribution towards the set up of the steel plant and the city of Jamshedpur.
Mr H M Nerurkar, Managing Director, Tata Steel and Mr Raghunath Pandey, President, Tata Workers’ Union, offefred flowers at the statue at the park named in his honour, Sir Dorabji Tata Park. Thereafter, the group moved to the Centre for Excellence where Tata Steel has set up an exhibition depicting the life of Sir Dorabji Tata and his role as Tata Steel’s first Chairman and the master planner of the steel city of Jamshedpur.
Reiterating Dorabji’s priceless contribution, Mr Nerurkar said, “It was Sir Dorabji painstaking effort that brought to reality all of J N Tata’s visions about a planned city and people’s welfare. His unstinted support to the company as its first chairman helped it sail through the roughest of times. Besides shaping the future of the Tata empire, he also played a remarkable role in promoting sports and education in India. Tata Steel and Jamshedpur shall always be indebted to this legendary man.” This was also, in essence, stressed upon by Mr Raghunath Pandey at the gathering. Also present on the occasion were senior officials of Tata Steel, Union office bearers, prominent citizens of the city and others.