aviation chemicals food processing plantations media & real estate founded 1736 ; 280 years ago 1736 founder lovji nusserwanjee wadia headquarters mumbai maharashtra india key people nusli wadia chairman 1 revenue 1.8 billion owner wadia family subsidiaries go air britannia industries bombay dyeing bombay realty bombay burmah trading corporation & national peroxide website official website the wadia group is one of the oldest conglomerates of corporate india . 2 the group worth 100 billion us 1.5 billion in 2012 3 was founded by sir lovji nusserwanjee wadia in 1736 . lovji wadia secured contracts with the british east india company to build ships and docks in bombay in 1736 . 4 this and subsequent efforts would result in bombay becoming a strategic port for the british colonial undertakings in asia . the bombay dry dock the first dry dock in asia was built by lovji and his brother sorabji in 1750 . contents 1 hms minden 2 recent management 3 companies 4 references 5 see also 6 external links hms minden edit the one ship that the wadias built and of most historic significance for parsis further explanation needed is the hms minden . the bombay courier june 23 1810 wrote on tuesday last his majesty s ship the minden built in the new docks bombay by jamsetji bomanji wadia was floated into the stream at high water after the usual ceremony of breaking the bottle had been performed by the honorable governor jonathan duncan . in having produced the minden bombay is entitled to the distinguished praise of providing the first and only british ship of the line built out of the limits of the mother country ; and in the opinion of very competent judges the minden for beauty of construction and strength of frame may stand in competition with any man o war that has come out of the most celebrated dockyards of great britain . for the skill of its architects for the superiority of its timber and for the excellence of its docks bombay may now claim a distinguished place among naval arsenals . later the lyrics of the star spangled banner were written on board the minden . recent management edit sir neville wadia was married to dina the only daughter of muhammad ali jinnah the founder of pakistan and a member of the jinnah family . jinnah and his wife rattanbai petit had separated soon after their daughter dina wadia was born . nusli wadia is neville & dina wadia s son and he is currently heading the group . while his sons ness and jehangir are chairpersons . companies edit group company logos displayed on the nose of a goair plane the wadia group now consists of four independently listed companies on the bombay stock exchange bse . these include clarification needed a goair aircraft at bangalore international airport with pink colors . bombay dyeing a textiles company . bombay realty handles the land management and development of wadia group land ownings . . 5 britannia industries a company that sells britannia and tiger brands of biscuit . britannia has an estimated 38 % market share . go air a low cost airline operating from mumbai . national peroxide hydrogen peroxide manufacturer in india . the wadia group also edits the fashion magazine gladrags and conducts the annual gladrags megamodel hunt in mumbai . 6 references edit india wadia group says in britannia long term paper . reuters . 2007 07 04 . retrieved 2010 09 30 . apr 2 2008 12.20 pm ist 2008 04 02 . preity zinta ness wadia karan paul mohit burman the times of india . timesofindia.indiatimes.com . retrieved 2010 09 30 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link how i missed the bus nusli wadia . rediff.com business . november 5 2012 . retrieved 2014 09 18 . mihir bose 2006 . bollywood a history . tempus . isbn 978 0 7524 2835 2 . bombay realty . about us . retrieved 25 june 2012 . nusli wadia group is on the move . financialexpress.com . 2003 09 13 . retrieved 2010 09 30 . see also edit wadia family external links edit bombay dyeing website wadia group website v t e major 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