Describe the acheivement of five industralists in early india.

Five early industrialists in India were

1. Jamsetji Tata: He founded the Tata group in 1868 which grew to become one of the largest industrial conglomerates in the country. He established Tata Steel company in Jamshedpur

2. ​Ghanshyam Das Birla: He founded the Birla group of companies by setting up the Birla jute mills in 1918.

3. Ardeshir Godrej: He founded the Godrej group of companies in 1897 to manufacture locks.

4.  Cowasji Nanabhai Davar who founded India's first steel mill in Bombay in 1854.

5. Walchand Hirachand Doshi founded the Walchand group which establisdhed India's first modern shipyard, aircraft and car factory.

 

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Modern industry or the large-scale industry is a mid-19th century pheno­menon. Before the British conquest, India’s supremacy in the industrial field reached its high watermark—India was called ‘the industrial workshop of the world’ during the 17th and 18th centuries. Demand for Indian cotton goods in England during this time was unprecedented. Indian cotton cloth was considered by Englishmen as the badge of ‘style and fashion’ of the time.
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