J r d tata autobiography of miss world

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In , he was awarded the French Legion of Honour and in and , he received two of India's highest civilian awards: the Padma Vibhushan and the Bharat Ratna. These honours were bestowed on him for his contributions to Indian industry. His sister's sister-in-law, Rattanbai Petit , was the wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah , who later became the founder of Pakistan in August As his mother was French , he spent much of his childhood in France and as a result, French was his first language.

Tata was educated in London, Japan, France and India. During this time, J. He was enrolled in a grammar school , and was interested in studying engineering at Cambridge University. However, as a citizen of France J. In between grammar school and his time in the army, he spent a brief spell at home in Bombay. After joining the French Army he was posted into a regiment of spahis.

After his time in the French Army, his father decided to bring him back to India and he joined the Tata Company. In , Tata renounced his French citizenship and became an Indian citizen. In Tata married Thelma Vicaji, the niece of Jack Vicaji, a colourful lawyer whom he hired to defend him on a charge of driving his Bugatti too fast along Bombay's main promenade, Marine Drive.

While he was born to a Parsi father, and his French mother converted to Zoroastrianism , J. He found some Parsi religious customs like their funeral rites and their exclusiveness irksome.