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Ship ahoy
Under the heading "Wadia group trivia,” the Mint issue of August 16, 2014 carried the following:
The Star-Spangled Banner, the US national anthem, was composed in 1812 on a ship, the Minden, built by the Wadias.
HMS Cornwallis, a Wadia-built deck, witnessed the signing of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 under which China ceded Hong Kong to England.
The second oldest ship in the world, HMS Trincomalee, built by the Wadias, is afloat even today in Hartlepool, England.
The Star-Spangled Banner, the US national anthem, was composed in 1812 on a ship, the Minden, built by the Wadias.
HMS Cornwallis, a Wadia-built deck, witnessed the signing of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 under which China ceded Hong Kong to England.
The second oldest ship in the world, HMS Trincomalee, built by the Wadias, is afloat even today in Hartlepool, England.
Wadia Group founder Lowji Nusserwanjee Wadia was one of India’s first master shipbuilders.
Nowrojee Nusserwanjee Wadia started Bombay Dyeing in a humble red-brick shed.
In 1971, then 26-year-old Nusli Wadia saved Bombay Dyeing from a takeover bid from R. P. Goenka.
The group brings out Gladrags, a fashion and lifestyle publication. It conducts the annual Gladrags Megamodel hunt in Bombay.
The Wadia group employs 15,000 people and "its four listed companies – Bombay Dyeing, BBTC, Britannia and National Peroxide Limited – earned about Rs 17,000 crore in revenue in the year ended March 31,” noted the financial daily.
Nowrojee Nusserwanjee Wadia started Bombay Dyeing in a humble red-brick shed.
In 1971, then 26-year-old Nusli Wadia saved Bombay Dyeing from a takeover bid from R. P. Goenka.
The group brings out Gladrags, a fashion and lifestyle publication. It conducts the annual Gladrags Megamodel hunt in Bombay.
The Wadia group employs 15,000 people and "its four listed companies – Bombay Dyeing, BBTC, Britannia and National Peroxide Limited – earned about Rs 17,000 crore in revenue in the year ended March 31,” noted the financial daily.
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