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Life o/ N. Tafn.
needed land, which at the time was cheap
enough, was acquired and the building of the
mill and the equipping of it with machinery
commenced soon after in right earnest.
Mr. Tata was indefatigable in his personal
supervision. Vigilance over the contractors
and efhciancy of the job were essential. All
had been completed by the close of 1876 and
the first January of 1877 was fixed for the
starting of the mill with some ceremony.
There was a large gathering of the local
community and also of those invited from
Bombay. Sir John Morris, Chief Commis-
sioner of the Central Provinces, who took the
keenest interest in the first important cotton
factory established in the province, presided.
The occasion, auspicious as it was, was
doubly memorable as on that day Queen
Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India
and in commemoration of such an historical
event the mill itself was named. " The
Empress Mills," though of course, the name
of the company was the " Central Indian
Spinning and Weaving Company Limited."
The start was good but in the initial stage
many a difficulty in the practical working had
had Jo be surmounted. Mr. Tata, however, was
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needed land, which at the time was cheap
enough, was acquired and the building of the
mill and the equipping of it with machinery
commenced soon after in right earnest.
Mr. Tata was indefatigable in his personal
supervision. Vigilance over the contractors
and efhciancy of the job were essential. All
had been completed by the close of 1876 and
the first January of 1877 was fixed for the
starting of the mill with some ceremony.
There was a large gathering of the local
community and also of those invited from
Bombay. Sir John Morris, Chief Commis-
sioner of the Central Provinces, who took the
keenest interest in the first important cotton
factory established in the province, presided.
The occasion, auspicious as it was, was
doubly memorable as on that day Queen
Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India
and in commemoration of such an historical
event the mill itself was named. " The
Empress Mills," though of course, the name
of the company was the " Central Indian
Spinning and Weaving Company Limited."
The start was good but in the initial stage
many a difficulty in the practical working had
had Jo be surmounted. Mr. Tata, however, was
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