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| 1946 || || Leadership || {{w|Naval Tata}} is named President of the [[w:Indian Hockey Federation|Indian Hockey Association]]. Under his leadership, India would achieve Olympic medals, with golds in 1948, 1952 & 1956.<ref name="The Complete Story"/> || ||
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| 1952 || || Brand release || Tata Group expands into cosmetics, and launches India's first cosmetics brand, [[w:Lakmé Cosmetics|Lakme]]. It would be sold to Hindustan Unilever, along with {{w|Tata Oil Mills Company}}, in 1984.<ref name="The Complete Story"/><ref name="Tata Group"/> || {{w|Cosmetics}} || {{w|Lakmé Cosmetics}}
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| 1952 || || Institute launch || The Indian Cancer Research Centre is established as a pioneer research institute for basic research. It would later be called the Cancer Research Institute (CRI).<ref name="Historyd"/> || Research ||
| 1953 || || Nationalization || Tata Airlines is nationalized and becomes {{w|Air India}} when the Indian Government passes the Air Corporations Act and purchases a majority stake in the carrier from {{w|Tata Sons}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/people/jrd-to-ratan-tata-an-aviation-dream-that-was-never-grounded/tatas-history-with-air-india/slideshow/59254598.cms |title=Tatas history |accessdate=28 July 2017|archivedate=18 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/air-india-was-at-its-peak-during-the-jrd-tata-times-jitendra-bhargava-former-ed-air-india/articleshow/59252990.cms |title=Air India: Air India was at its peak during the JRD Tata times: Jitendra Bhargava, Former ED, Air India – The Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=21 June 2017 |accessdate=24 October 2017|archivedate=18 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="Tata Group history is"/> || [[w:Civil aviation|Air transport services]] || {{w|Tata Airlines}}
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| 1954 || || Product release || [[w:Tata Motors|Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co Ltd]] begins manufacturing medium commercial vehicles along with {{w|Daimler Benz}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nano says tata to truckmaker image |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nano-says-tata-to-truckmaker-image/articleshow/4305752.cms?from=mdr |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Automotive industry}} || {{w|Tata Motors}}
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| 1954 || September 6 || Subsidiary launch || {{w|Voltas Limited}} is incorporated as a collaboration between {{w|Tata Sons}} and Volkart Brothers. It would be soon associated with multiple prestigious projects, making it a leading engineering solutions provider and airconditioning brand.<ref name="The Complete Story"/> || ||
| 1982 || || Acquisition || {{w|Taj Hotels}} accelerates its international expansion with the acquisition of St. James Court in {{w|London}}.<ref name="The Complete Story"/> || ||
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| 1983 || || Product release || {{w|Tata Chemicals}} launces {{w|Tata Salt}} as India's first packaged {{w|iodized salt}} brand.<ref name="The Complete Story"/> ||[[w:Chemical industry|Chemicals]] || {{w|Tata Chemicals}}
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| 1982 || || Acquisition || James Finlay sells their shareholding in the Tata Finlay, to Tata Group, passing the ownership of the company completely into the hands of the group, which renames it {{w|Tata Tea}}.<ref name="Tata Global Beverages Ltd."/><ref>{{cite web |title=Records of Tata-Finlay Limited |url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/32161c5f-e31b-337e-8cfe-031b7c64b008 |website=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk |accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref> || ||
| 1984 || || Acquisition || Tata Group cosmetics brand Lakme is sold to {{w|Hindustan Unilever}}, along with Tata Oil Mills Co (TOMCO).<ref name="The Complete Story"/><ref name="Tata Group"/> || ||
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| 1985 || || Product release || Tata Group is granted a license to manufacture passenger cars.<ref name="df">{{cite book |last1=Barnes |first1=Tom |title=Making Cars in the New India: Industry, Precarity and Informality |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=neZNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq="in+1985+tata"&source=bl&ots=gGft-5jFM_&sig=ACfU3U2BqNP66g7stiMsuVhQC5lNVkwpuA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1sK7SsqblAhXdGLkGHdHXAOIQ6AEwA3oECAgQAg#v=onepage&q="in%201985%20tata"&f=false}}</ref> || ||
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| 1989 || || Subsidiary launch || {{w|Tata Technologies Limited}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tata Technologies |url=https://www.glassdoor.com.ar/Descripci%C3%B3n-general/Trabajar-en-Tata-Technologies-EI_IE327596.12,29.htm?countryRedirect=true |website=glassdoor.com.ar |accessdate=22 September 2019}}</ref> || ||
| 1991 || || Leadership || {{w|J.R.D. Tata}}’s nephew {{w|Ratan Tata}} assumes as new chairman of the Tata Group. Upon assumption, Ratan would aggressively seek to expand the group, increasingly focussing on globalizing its businesses.<ref name="Tata Group"/><ref name="Tata Group history is"/> || ||
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| 1991 || || Product release || After its success with commercial vehicles, TELCO (later {{w|Tata Motors}}) launches {{w|Tata Sierra}}, a three-door {{w|sport utility vehicle}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=The err in Sierra |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/management/the-err-in-sierra-104040601010_1.html |website=business-standard.com |accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="The Complete Story"/> || ||
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| 1991 || January || Education Facility launch || {{w|J.R.D. Tata}} launches Tata Central Archives (TCA) in {{w|Bombay}}. In 2001, the archives move to Pune. Housed in the lush green precincts of Tata Management Training Centre, TCA formal innauguration would happen on February 13, 2001.<ref name="Treasures from the Past">{{cite web |title=Treasures from the Past |url=https://www.tata.com/newsroom/treasures-from-the-past-tata-central-archives |website=tata.com |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> || ||
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| 1992 || || Joint venture || {{w|Tata Motors}} forms a 50/50 joint venture with Cummins Engine Company USA, called Tata Cummings Limited (TCL), to bring diesel technology solutions to {{w|India}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nobrega |first1=William |last2=Sinha |first2=Ashish |title=Riding the Indian Tiger: Understanding India -- the World's Fastest Growing Market |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=5TG7uJkHJVQC&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=%22in+1992+tata%22&source=bl&ots=hbFo9AWhDe&sig=ACfU3U3OwoR6eOaX1bdXzxFFIs1L5qiyiA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCnIyOl6blAhWoI7kGHS53DH0Q6AEwCHoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=%22in%201992%20tata%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Automotive industry}} || {{w|Tata Motors}}
| 1997 || || Education || Tata Central Archives (TCA) becomes a division of Tata Services.<ref name="Treasures from the Past"/> || ||
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| 1998 || || Product release || [[w:Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company|TELCO]] launches {{w|Tata Indica}}, India's first indigenously designed and manufactured car, and {{w|Tata Safari}}, India's first {{w|SUV}}.<ref name="The Complete Story"/><ref name="Tata Group history is"/> || ||
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| 1998 || || Subsidiary launch || [[w:Trent (Westside)|Trent]] starts operating as the retail hand of the Tata group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Consumer and Retail |url=https://www.tata.com/business/consumer-retail |website=tata.com |accessdate=20 September 2019}}</ref> || ||
| 2007 || || Subsidiary launch || {{w|Tata Advanced Systems}} is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tata Advanced Systems |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/tata-advanced-systems#section-overview |website=crunchbase.com |accessdate=19 September 2019}}</ref> It is the lead systems integration company for delivering weapons from the Tata Group to the Indian security forces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tata Advanced Systems |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424111641/http://www.tataadvancedsystems.com/section.aspx?mId=1 |website=web.archive.org |accessdate=16 November 2019}}</ref> || [[w:Arms industry|Defence]] and {{w|Aerospace}} || {{w|Tata Advanced Systems}}
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| 2008 || January 10 || Product release || {{w|Tata Motors}} officially launches the {{w|Tata Nano}}, a tiny, rear-engine, pod-shaped vehicle that eventually sells at a base price (excluding options, tax, and transportation fees) equivalent to US$1,500 to US$3,000.<ref name="Tata Group"/> || {{w|Automotive industry}} || {{w|Tata Motors}}
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| 2008 || February || Acquisition || {{w|Tata Chemicals}} acquires acquires General Chemical Industrial Products, a U.S.-based soda ash firm, for US$1 billion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tata Chemical acquires U.S. soda ash firm |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/tata-chemical-acquires-us-soda-ash-firm/article1351185/ |website=theglobeandmail.com |accessdate=22 September 2019}}</ref> ||[[w:Chemical industry|Chemicals]] || {{w|Tata Chemicals}}
| 2008 || November || Acquisition || {{w|NTT Docomo}} acquires 26.5% stake in {{w|Tata Teleservices}} and offers services under the {{w|Tata Docomo}} brand.<ref name="NTT says Tata-Docomo">{{cite web |title=NTT says Tata-Docomo row resolved, to invest $160 million in Netmagic |url=https://www.livemint.com/Industry/GfMcADvcbzfn0wWp0TUNKP/NTT-says-TataDocomo-row-resolved-to-invest-160-million-in.html |website=livemint.com |accessdate=22 September 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Telecommunications}} || {{w|Tata Teleservices}}
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| 2009 || || Product release || The first {{w|Tata Nano}} circulates the streets in India.<ref name="Tata Group"/> || {{w|Automotive industry}} || {{w|Tata Motors}}
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| 2009 || Mid-year || Foreign investment || {{w|NTT Docomo}} invests US$2.7 billion in {{w|Tata Teleservices}} wireless business on the understanding that if certain targets aren’t met in the next five years, the Tata would either discover a purchaser for the Japanese organization’s 26.5% stake at equitable esteem, or pay 50% portion of the first venture, whichever was higher. Expectations would not be met, with Tata faring badly in the next five years and unable to earn half of the profits expected. The partnership would end in a lawsuit.<ref name="A brief history of the Tata Group"/> || {{w|Telecommunications}} || {{w|Tata Teleservices}}
