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#OTD, 103 years ago, a ship sailed from Bombay for Europe. This voyage created waves whose reverberations would be felt for decades to come. Today we look at the fascinating origin of #NationalMaritimeDay in India (1/n) 
In the late 19th century, some enterprising Indian entrepreneurs decided to take on British dominance of naval trade. Most prominent among them was Jamsetji Tata who started Tata Lines in 1890 (2/n)
However, Jamsetji’s efforts were scuppered by the British Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (P&O) slashing their tariff by more than 90% resulting in Tata Lines shutting shop after which P&O immediately upped their tariff again (3/n)
