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| 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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| 1984 || || Joint venture launch || {{w|Titan Company}} is founded as a consumer goods company. It is a joint venture between the Tata Group and the {{w|Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation}}. || Consumer goods || {{w|Titan Company}}
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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> || ||
| 2005 || December || Acquisition || Tata Chemicals agrees to acquire 63.5 percent stake in UK-based soda ash maker {{w|Brunner Mond Chemicals}} and renames it {{w|Tata Chemicals Europe}}.<ref name="Tata group's major takeovers abroad"/> || [[w:Chemical industry|Chemicals]] || {{w|Tata Chemicals Europe}}
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| 2006 || || Joint venture launch || Tata Group launches direct broadcast satellite television provider {{w|Tata Sky}} as a joint venture with {{w|The Walt Disney Company}}.<ref name="The Complete Story"/> || {{w|Television}} || {{w|Tata Sky}}
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| 2006 || May || Acquisition || {{w|Tata Tea}} (GB) signs an agreement to acquire the assets of Jemca, the largest tea company in the {{w|Czech Republic}} from food processing company, Alima Znackova Potravina.<ref name="Tata group's major takeovers abroad"/> || {{w|Tea production}} || {{w|Tata Tea}}
| 2008 || February 13 || Acquisition || Tata Group completely acquires Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) and renames it as [[w:Tata Communications|Tata Communications Limited]].<ref>{{cite web |title=VSNL Presentation (Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited) |url=https://www.slideshare.net/SusheelTiwari7/vsnl-presentation-videsh-sanchar-nigam-limited |website=slideshare.net |accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref> VSNL is credited to have brought internet into India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/government-helping-reliance-jio-monopolise-telecom|title=How Reliance Jio is monopolising the telecom sector|last=Block|first=Daniel|website=The Caravan|language=en|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref> || ||
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| 2008 || || Joint venture launch || Tata Motors and Brazilian bus maker Marcopolo S.A. found {{w|Tata Marcopolo}}, giving Tata Motors access to the Brazilian marketplace.<ref name="The Challenge of BRIC Multinationals">{{cite book |title=The Challenge of BRIC Multinationals |edition=Rob van Tulder, Alain Verbeke, Jorge Carneiro, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=EpadDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=2008+Tata+Marcopolo&source=bl&ots=CmcrEH3ZTe&sig=ACfU3U0i0nr31pYEK5tkltdKdLQBSu7b4A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjai5X3pePkAhUdK7kGHYEtA3Y4ChDoATACegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=2008%20Tata%20Marcopolo&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Automotive industry}} || {{w|Tata Marcopolo}}
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| 2008 || March || Acquisition || {{w|Tata Motors}} acquires {{w|Jaguar Cars}} and {{w|Land Rover}} from the Ford Motor Company for $2.3 billion.<ref name="Tata Group"/><ref name="Tata Group history is"/><ref name="The Complete Story"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Ford Sells Land Rover and Jaguar to Tata |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/business/worldbusiness/26cnd-auto.html |website=nytimes.com |accessdate=22 September 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Automotive industry}} || {{w|Tata Motors}}
| 2010 || April || Acquisition || {{w|Tata Group}} acquires Hewitt Robins International, a British manufacturer of bulk material handling vibratory equipments including screens and crushers.<ref>{{cite web |title=TRF acquires Hewitt Robins International |url=http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2703&Itemid=2 |website=machinist.in |accessdate=22 September 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Industrial machinery}} ||
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| 2010 || || Joint venture launch || {{w|Tata Tea}} announces joint venture with {{w|PepsiCo}} for health drinks.<ref name="Tata Global Beverages Ltds"/> || {{w|Non-alcoholic beverages}} || {{w|Tata Tea}}
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| 2011 || May 16 || Facility launch || {{w|Ratan Tata}} innaugurates in {{w|Kolkata}} the Tata Medical Center, a comprehensive cancer care and treatment facility designed especially to serve the poor in the region.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tata Medical Center (TMC) |url=https://www.tata.com/community/health/tata-medical-center-tmc |website=tata.com |accessdate=2 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="The Complete Story"/> || {{w|Healthcare}} ||
| 2011 || || Recognition || Tata is recognized as one of the 50 global brands.<ref name="Tata Group history is"/> || ||
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| 2012 || January 30 || Joint venture launch || {{w|Tata Global Beverages}} and {{w|Starbucks}} announce the creation of a 50:50 joint venture called {{w|Tata Starbucks}} Limited, which would own and operate Starbucks outlets branded as ''Starbucks Coffee "A Tata Alliance"'' in India. The stores, starting operations in the same year, launch initially in {{w|Delhi}} and {{w|Mumbai}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Starbucks in equal joint venture with Tata Global; to open cafe in India soon |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/retail/starbucks-in-equal-joint-venture-with-tata-global-to-open-cafe-in-india-soon/articleshow/11692665.cms?from=mdr |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="Tata Global Beverages Ltds"/> || ||
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| 2012 || || Leadership || {{w|Ratan Tata}} retires. {{w|Cyrus Mistry}} assumes position of chairman of {{w|Tata Group}}.<ref name="Tata Group"/><ref name="Tata Group history is"/> || ||
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| 2012 || October 19 || Joint venture launch || [[w:Tata Starbucks|Tata Starbucks Limited]] launches as a 50/50 joint venture between Starbucks Coffee Company and [[w:Tata Global Beverages|Tata Global Beverages Limited]]; and opens the first Starbucks store in India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Starbucks Opens Spectacular Flagship Store in Mumbai, Honoring the Dynamic Culture of India |url=https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2012/starbucks-opens-spectacular-flagship-store-in-mumbai-honoring-the-dynamic-c/ |website=stories.starbucks.com |accessdate=21 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="The Complete Story"/> || {{w|Coffeehouse}} || {{w|Tata Starbucks}}
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| 2013 || July || Acquisition || {{w|Tata Consultancy Services}} acquires French enterprise solutions provider Alti SA.<ref>{{cite web |title=TCS acquires France's Alti SA for over Rs 530-cr |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/tcs-acquires-frances-alti-sa-for-over-rs-530-cr/articleshow/21299291.cms?from=mdr |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |accessdate=21 September 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Information technology}} || {{w|Tata Consultancy Services}}
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| 2014 || June 12 || Joint venture launch || Bengaluru-headquartered airline {{w|AirAsia India}} starts operations as a joint venture between Tata and Malaysia's {{w|AirAsia Berhad}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=AirAsia India to double its fleet; plans to start international services by October |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/airasia-india-to-double-its-fleet-plans-to-start-international-services-by-october/articleshow/69448209.cms?from=mdr |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |accessdate=21 September 2019}}</ref> || [[w:Civil aviation|Air transport services]] || {{w|AirAsia India}}
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| 2014 || April || Legal || {{w|NTT Docomo}} decides to exit the {{w|Tata Docomo}} venture but the Tatas oppose initially which leads to a legal battle between the two groups. On June 24, DOCOMO wins the ruling that orders Tata Sons to pay it US$1.3 billion to buy its stake in the mobile phone joint venture, Tata Teleservices.<ref name="A brief history of the Tata Group"/> <ref name="NTT says Tata-Docomo"/> || {{w|Telecommunications}} || {{w|Tata Docomo}}
| 2014 || December || Acquisition || {{w|Tata Power}} acquires Indian company Energy Products Limited.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tata Power ends pact to acquire Ideal Energy power assets |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/business/Tata-Power-ends-pact-to-acquire-Ideal-Energy-power-assets/article14021240.ece |website=thehindu.com |accessdate=22 September 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Electricity generation}} || {{w|Tata Power}}
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| 2015 || January 9 || Joint venture launch || {{w|Vistara}} is founded as a joint venture between {{w|Tata Sons}} and {{w|Singapore Airlines}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tata SIA Airlines |url=https://www.tata.com/business/tata-sia-airlines-vistara |website=tata.com |accessdate=22 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="The Complete Story"/> || [[w:Civil aviation|Air transport services]] || {{w|Vistara}}
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| 2016 || May 26 || Subsidiary launch || E-commerce marketplace {{w|Tata Cliq}} launches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tata CLiQ to launch e-wallet in 4-5 months|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/tata-cliq-to-launch-e-wallet-in-4-5-months/articleshow/61230972.cms?from=mdr |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |accessdate=19 September 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Online shopping}} || {{w|Tata Cliq}}
| 2017 || || Recognition || {{w|Tata Chemicals}} is ranked 1st in 2017 Responsible Business Rankings developed by {{w|IIM Udaipur}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Are businesses becoming more responsible? |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/On9CQsdu0JbpqmVaQ1zUBM/Are-businesses-becoming-more-responsible.html |website=livemint.com |accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> || [[w:Chemical industry|Chemicals]] || {{w|Tata Chemicals}}
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| 2018 || || Joint venture launch || {{w|Tata Steel}} and {{w|Thyssenkrupp}} sign deal to launch a joint venture with the plan to merge their steel businesses in Europe.<ref name="The Complete Story"/> In 2019, the plan would be rejected by {{w|EU}} antitrust regulators.<ref>{{cite web |title=EU regulators block Thyssenkrupp, Tata Steel joint venture |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thyssenkrupp-m-a-tata-steel-eu/eu-regulators-block-thyssenkrupp-tata-steel-joint-venture-idUSKCN1TC18E |website=reuters.com |accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tata Steel, Thyssenkrupp set to abandon JV plans in Europe |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/tata-steel-thyssenkrupp-set-to-abandon-jv-plans-in-europe/articleshow/69268675.cms?from=mdr |website=economictimes.indiatimes.com |accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Steel Industry}} || {{w|Tata Steel}}
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| 2018 || May || Acquisition || {{w|Tata Steel}} acquires Bhushan Steel Limited and renames it {{w|Tata Steel BSL}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bhushan Steel Limited is Tata Steel BSL Limited now |url=https://www.tatasteel.com/media/newsroom/press-releases/india/2018/bhushan-steel-limited-is-tata-steel-bsl-limited-now/ |website=tatasteel.com |accessdate=21 September 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Steel Industry}} || {{w|Tata Steel}}
* [https://www.tcs.com/ Tata Consultancy Services]
* [http://www.tataglobalbeverages.com/?reload Tata Global Beverages]
* [https://www.titancompany.in/ Titan Company]
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