Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Narottam Morarjee's Birth Anniversary


Narottam Morarjee, born on 2 April 1877, in Porbandar, was an Indian businessperson with major interests in shipping and textiles.

His father Seth Morarjee Goculdas was a pioneering textile magnate. He studied at Elphinstone College. He started managing two mills- Morarjee Goculdas Mill of Bombay and Solapur Mill of Solapur while studying.

Narottam Morarjee later came into close contact with Mahatma Gandhi, Dr, Annie Besant, Dadabhai Naoroji, Rabindranath Tagore, Sarojini Naidu and Motilal Nehru.

Narottam Morarjee joined hands with other Gujarati businessmen, Walchand Hirachand and Kilachand Devchand to finance and establish The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd., which was founded on 27 March 1919. On 5 April 1919, Scindia's first ship s.s. LOYALTY sailed from Bombay to the United Kingdom and unfurled the flag of Indian shipping in international waters.

Narottam Morarjee died on 5 November 1929.

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