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Indian Business Quiz
12 Questions
6 mins
1 Language
December 28 is the birthday of two of India’s greatest business icons, Ratan Tata and Dhirubhai Ambani were born five years apart on either side of the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat. On this occasion, let us explore the long history of Indian business. Indian enterprise flourished from the time of the Indus–Saraswati Civilization, suffered major disruption under British rule, and re-emerged in new forms in the modern era.
For the colonial period, an important reference is Dwijendra Tripathi’s The Oxford History of Indian Business. Coincidentally, December 28 is also the birthday of India’s quiz icon, Siddhartha Basu.
