THE MAN WHO GAVE INDIA WINGS
🇮🇳 The Man Who Gave India Wings
This lesson tells us about JRD Tata, a great industrialist, aviator and philanthropist.
The lesson describes his childhood, career, contribution to aviation, leadership and concern for workers and people in need.
🇮🇳 अध्याय का परिचय
यह पाठ जे. आर. डी. टाटा के जीवन और उनके योगदान के बारे में बताता है। वे एक महान उद्योगपति, विमान चालक और मानवतावादी थे।
पाठ में उनके बचपन, कार्य-जीवन, विमानन के क्षेत्र में योगदान, नेतृत्व और जरूरतमंद लोगों तथा कर्मचारियों के प्रति उनकी चिंता का वर्णन किया गया है।
First Licensed Pilot
Industrial Leadership
Tata Aviation
Bharat Ratna
Service to Others
Do you know the name of the man who gave India wings? It was Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata. He was popularly known as JRD. He was born in Paris on July 29,1904. His father Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was Parsi and mother Suzanne Briere was French. Tata’s childhood was spent travelling between France and India.
Some people said in jest that he got his surname from an ancestor who stood on the shores of Bombay and waved ‘ta-ta’ to the departing ships.
In 1924, at the age of 20, as a French citizen, he was recruited into the French Army. A year later he was sent to England to prepare for admission in Cambridge University. But his father Ratanji asked him to return to Bombay to work in his steel plant called the ‘Tata Steel Industry’. His father did not consider a college degree necessary to succeed in life. A year later Ratanji died, his eldest son and heir, Jehangir, inherited the directorship of the Tata Sons and Board.
JRD became India’s first licensed pilot in 1929. It was JRD who gave India wings to fly in 1932. JRD set up Tata Aviation Service, by piloting the first flight himself from Karachi to Bombay in a small aircraft.
JRD at the age of 34 was elected the Chairman of Tata and Sons in 1938, making him the youngest head of the largest industrial group in India. In 1948, Air India was launched jointly by JRD and the Indian Government. In 1953, JRD was made the Chairperson of Air India. For the next 25 years he worked tirelessly to make Air India successful. JRD excelled not only as an aviator but also as a philanthropist, educationist, sportsman, poet and sculptor. He received the highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1992 from the Indian Government.
JRD’s last major public statement was an appeal to Indians to maintain peace. He breathed his last on November 29, 1993. Do you know JRD Tata was
not only the director of the Tata company but also a great human being. He made sure that 75% of the company’s profit was spent on looking after the workers and those in need.
ancestor
Pronunciation: AN-ses-ter
पूर्वज
recruited
Pronunciation: ri-KROO-tid
भर्ती किया
heir
Pronunciation: air
उत्तराधिकारी
tirelessly
Pronunciation: TY-er-less-lee
बिना थके
excelled
Pronunciation: ik-SELLD
बहुत अच्छा किया / उत्कृष्ट रहा
philanthropist
Pronunciation: fi-LAN-thruh-pist
मानवतावादी / परोपकारी
educationist
Pronunciation: ej-oo-KAY-shuh-nist
शिक्षाविद
sculptor
Pronunciation: SKULP-ter
मूर्तिकार
1. Answer the following questions:
2. Choose the correct option:
1. Match the words given in column 'A' with their meanings in column 'B':
1. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition from the box:
He was recruited the French Army.
He was sent England.
He received the Bharat Ratna Award 1992 the Indian Government.
Change from Direct to Indirect form of speech.
There are two forms of speech—
Reporting speech: She said to him.
Reported speech: "Love begets love."
In Indirect Speech—
He said, "I have won." (Direct Speech)
He said that he had won. (Indirect Speech)
Q. Change the following Direct Speech into Indirect Speech—
🎯 Interactive Narration Practice
✈️ Aviation
Aviation is connected with aircraft and flying. JRD played an important role in the development of aviation in India.
🏭 Industrial Leadership
JRD became the youngest head of the largest industrial group in India at that time.
❤️ Service to Others
The lesson presents JRD as someone who cared about workers and those in need.
💡 Think about the quotation from the lesson.
“When you work, work as if everything depends on you. When you pray, pray as if everything depends on God.”
Speak for One Minute: “A Person Who Inspires Me”
Use these guiding points:
- Who is the person?
- What does this person do?
- Which quality do you admire?
- What have you learned from this person?
- How can you use that quality in your life?
Write a paragraph on “JRD Tata — A Great Human Being”.
JRD Tata was a great industrialist and aviator. He became India's first licensed pilot in 1929. He set up Tata Aviation Service and contributed greatly to Indian aviation. He also worked tirelessly to make Air India successful. He was a philanthropist, educationist, sportsman, poet and sculptor. He cared about workers and people in need. He received the Bharat Ratna in 1992. His life teaches us the value of hard work, leadership and service.
जे. आर. डी. टाटा एक महान उद्योगपति और विमान चालक थे। वे 1929 में भारत के पहले लाइसेंस प्राप्त पायलट बने। उन्होंने टाटा एविएशन सर्विस स्थापित की और भारतीय विमानन में महत्वपूर्ण योगदान दिया। उन्होंने एयर इंडिया को सफल बनाने के लिए अथक मेहनत की। वे मानवतावादी, शिक्षाविद, खिलाड़ी, कवि और मूर्तिकार भी थे। वे कर्मचारियों और जरूरतमंद लोगों की चिंता करते थे। उन्हें 1992 में भारत रत्न मिला। उनका जीवन हमें मेहनत, नेतृत्व और सेवा का महत्व सिखाता है।
1. Pick out the qualities that you liked about JRD Tata and write in the space given below-
2. Find out the names of some great industrialists of India. Also mention the field in which they have contributed.
Choose the correct answer. Complete all questions to see your score.
📌 Important Points
- JRD Tata was popularly known as JRD.
- He was born in Paris on July 29,1904.
- His father Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was Parsi and his mother Suzanne Briere was French.
- JRD became India's first licensed pilot in 1929.
- He set up Tata Aviation Service.
- He became Chairman of Tata and Sons in 1938.
- Air India was launched jointly by JRD and the Indian Government in 1948.
- He worked tirelessly to make Air India successful.
- He excelled as an aviator, philanthropist, educationist, sportsman, poet and sculptor.
- He received the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
- His last major public statement was an appeal to Indians to maintain peace.
- The lesson describes his concern for workers and those in need.
🇮🇳 एक मिनट में दोहराएँ
जे. आर. डी. टाटा का जीवन मेहनत, नेतृत्व, विमानन, उद्योग और मानव सेवा का उदाहरण है। वे भारत के पहले लाइसेंस प्राप्त पायलट बने, टाटा एविएशन सर्विस स्थापित की, टाटा एंड सन्स का नेतृत्व किया और एयर इंडिया को सफल बनाने में योगदान दिया। वे मानवतावादी, शिक्षाविद, खिलाड़ी, कवि और मूर्तिकार भी थे। 1992 में उन्हें भारत रत्न मिला। वे कर्मचारियों और जरूरतमंद लोगों की चिंता करते थे।