Air India: A name chosen through opinion poll more than 75 years ago by Tata
Do you know how India’s first airline ‘Air India’ got named? Air India was named via an opinion poll among Tata Sons employees over 75 years ago, in 1946. The Tata group also shared its monthly bulletin letter issued back in 1946, which stated that “to the innately democratic mind of the head of the Tata organisation, it seemed a good idea to let the selection be made by popular opinion in Bombay House through a sort of Gallup Poll or Sample Opinion Survey”.
While sharing this information via social media, 10 days after the state-owned airline was handed over to the group, the Tata Group also shared two pictures, including an excerpt from the Tata Monthly Bulletin of 1946.
