Wadia Group


The Wadia Group is one of the oldest conglomerates of India. The group was founded by Parsi Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia in 1736. Lovji Wadia secured contracts with the British East India Company to build ships and docks in Bombay in 1736. 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.

HMS ''Minden''

The one ship that the Wadias built and of most historic significance for the United Kingdom is.

HMS ''Cornwallis''

was the ship on which the Treaty of Nanking, ceding Hong Kong to England, was signed.

HMS ''Trincomalee''

The third oldest surviving ship of the world and the oldest surviving ship of Great Britain still afloat, is afloat and intact in The National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool, England is yet another marvel of the Wadias' shipbuilding prowess.
, with pink colors.

Companies

The Wadia group consists of several companies, four of which are listed on Indian stock exchanges.
Apart from the listed companies, there are several other privately owned firms, including: