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((expand}} Sir Dorab Tata, fondly known as Sir Dorabji, saw group founder Jamsetji Tata's projects through to the stage of accomplishment. The additions during his leadership were an integrated steel plant, then the largest single unit in the British Empire, three hydroelectric power companies, a large edible oil and soap company, two cement companies and an aviation unit pioneered by J R D Tata.

He also saw through the establishment of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, which was to spearhead scientific research in India for decades to come. He was knighted in 1910.

He had the country scoured for sports talent and brought India into the Olympic movement. As President of the Indian Olympic Association, he financed the Indian contingent to the Paris Olympics in 1924.

Towards the end of his career, in 1932, he put all his wealth — including the 245-carat Jubilee Diamond, twice as large as the famed Kohinoor and estimated to cost Rs 110 million then — into a trust for the advancement of learning and research, the relief of distress and other charitable purposes. This was the beginning of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust.

The Lady Tata Memorial Trust for Research in Diseases of the Blood was also promoted by him.

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