Narottam Morarjee (2 April 1877 – 5 November 1929) was an

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n businessperson with major interests in shipping and textiles.Narottam Morarjee Institute Of Shipping – Achieving progress through knowledge
Nmis.net. Retrieved on 28 December 2018.Kamat's Potpourri:Picture Explorer : Narottam Morarji
Kamat.org. Retrieved on 28 December 2018. Narottam Morarjee was born on 2 April 1877 at

Porbandar Porbandar is a city in the States and territories of India, Indian state of Gujarat, perhaps best known for being the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi and Sudama. It is the administrative center of the Porbandar District and it was the former capi ...

. His father Seth Morarjee Goculdas was a pioneering textile magnate. He studied at

Elphinstone College Elphinstone College is one of the constituent colleges of Dr. Homi Bhabha State University, a state cluster university. Established in 1823, it is one of the oldest colleges in Mumbai. It played a major role in shaping and developing the ed ...

. He started managing two mills- Morarjee Goculdas Mill of Bombay and Solapur Mill of

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while studying. Sheth_Narottam_Morarjee

Narottam Morarjee later came into close contact with Mahatma Gandhi, Dr, Annie Besant, Dadabhai Naoroji, Rabindranath Tagore,

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and Motilal Nehru. Narottam Morarjee joined hands with other

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businessmen,

Walchand Hirachand Walchand Hirachand Doshi (23 November 1882 – 8 April 1953) was an Indian industrialist and the founder of the Walchand group. He established India's first modern shipyard, first aircraft factory and first car factory; he also established con ...

and Kilachand Devchand to finance and establish

The Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd. The Scindia Steam Navigation Company, founded in 1919, is the second oldest shipping company of India. The first being the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company of VOC Pillai in today's Tamilnadu that was founded in 1906. History Foundation an ...

, 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. Walchand Hirachand, ran some of his ventures till a year before his death in 1953. Narottam Morarjee's son Shantikumar filled in posts of his father. But the group was indebted with liabilities and ultimately, Morarjee Goculdas Mill was taken over by Piramal Chaturbhuj, patriarch of the Piramal family. While, after death of Walchand in 1953, the Scindia Shipping was completely taken over by Narottam Morajee group but shipping business, could not survive the changes and stopped doing business in 1980s. Scindia Shipyard, a subsidiary of Scindia Steamship, in which Narottam Morajee, Walchand & Kilachands had stakes was nationalized by government in 1961. The Government of India and Indian Shipping Industry at Mumbai established diploma courses in shipping management, which has been named Narottam Morarjee Institute of Shipping.Narottam Morarjee Institute of Shipping, Mumbai (Established under the joint auspices of the Government of India and Indian Shipping Industry)
Scholarshipsinindia.com (31 August 2007). Retrieved on 2018-12-28.

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