Tata Central Archives Memorabilia Collections
The Tata Central Archives Memorabilia Collections comprises paintings, artefacts, furniture, awards, medals and citations belonging to Jamsetji Tata, Sir Dorabji Tata, Sir Ratan Tata, J.R.D. Tata and various Tata personalities.
Following is a representation of the type of memorabilia at the Tata Central Archives:
The President of India, R. Venkataraman conferring the Bharat Ratna on J.R.D. Tata at Rashtrapati Bhawan in March 1992, for his great contribution in the building of a modern India. The Bharat Ratna consisted of a citation and a medal.
J.R.D. Tata receiving the 1979 Tony Jannus Award from Donald W. Nyrop, last year’s recipient and former Chairman of the North-West Airlines. He was the first Asian to receive this prestigious award which is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development of scheduled commercial flying.
J.R.D. Tata received the prestigious United Nations Population Award for 1992 from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali, at the UN Headquarters in New York on September 17, 1992. The award consisted of a citation and a medal.
The Convocation Gown and Cap which J.R.D. Tata had worn when he was awarded the Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) by the Bombay University in 1981.
The attire worn by J.R.D. Tata when he received the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
A portrait painting in oil of Sir Dorabji Tata by M.F. Pithawalla (1926).
A portrait painting in oil of Sir Ratan Tata by J.A. Lalkaka (1938).
The wedding chairs of Sir Ratan and Lady Navajbai Tata which were relocated to the Archives from “The Homestead”, his manor located in Matheran.
Kalpana Chawla, whose life was tragically cut short in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February, 2003 over Texas, was a great admirer of J.R.D. Tata.
After her tragic demise, her family sent this memorabilia to the Tata organisation. The highlights are a crew autographed group picture of the Space Shuttle Mission STS-87, (her first Space Shuttle Mission), a pair of medallions commemorating her two space journeys. Finally a black and white photograph of J.R.D. Tata's inaugural mail flight which she carried along with her on her first mission into space.
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