The year was 1893, in the fall of July, two passengers on the same ship on the Japan to Canada waterway were an ocher-robed monk and a middle-aged Parsi businessman. The ship from Yokohama to Vancouver moves at its own pace. During the 12-day journey, the conversation between the two started. One is going to USA for business and another is going to Chicago synagogue. One of them is Swami Vivekananda and the other is Jamshedji Tata, the father of modern Indian art.
The topic of India's future economy and trade came up in the conversation of the two people that day. He was encouraged by Swami Vivekananda to build steel factories and educational institutions in the country. In addition, their conversation brought up the business of Japan's Deslai factory. Swami Vivekananda told Jamshedji why he is not building a factory in his own country instead of importing Deslai from Japan. He also said that the economic system of the country will be strengthened if there is a factory. The sons of the country will get work and the money of the country will stay in the country. Jamshedji Tata was quite overwhelmed to get such an opinion from a 14 year old monk. Their conversation went a long way. Swami Vivekananda explained to Jamshedji in detail how much the Indian people were being oppressed by the British rule and how difficult it was to get two meals a day.
On September 11, 1893, Swami Vivekananda created a history by giving a speech at the Chicago Dharma Mahasabha. Since then, the whole world knew him. Jamshedji Tata, who was living in Bombay, was happy with his success. By that time, the story of the ship journey of the two of them was embedded in the heart. On November 23, 1898, Jamshedji wrote a letter to Swami Vivekananda, in which he said that he was thinking of setting up an institution for scientific practice and research in India. So requested him to write a pamphlet for the science education of Indians.
In the meantime, Swami Vivekananda was very busy with the Ramakrishna Mission, but could not accept Jamshedji's request, but asked his sister Nivedita to meet Jamshedji Tata. Swami Vivekananda passed away in 1902. Within two years, Jamshedji Tata died in 1904. Jamshedji Tata left the dream of building India's steel industry to his successors. In 1907, Tata Steel was established by his next generation. This factory is currently the largest multinational company in existence. In 1909, the Indian Institute of Science was established under the initiative of the Tatas, which is the pride of our entire India today.