When Tata employees chose the ‘Air India’ name

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More than 75 years ago, an opinion poll among Tata employees to choose from four names resulted in the country's first airline company being named as ‘Air India'.

A little over 10 days after formally taking control of Air India, Tata Group on Sunday shared nuggets of information about the history of the full-service airline. Tatas had lost control of Air India nearly seven decades ago before taking it back last month.

In 1946, when Tata Air Lines expanded from a division of Tata Sons into a company, a name was to be chosen. "The choice for India's first airline company came down to Indian Airlines, Pan-Indian Airlines, Trans-Indian Airlines & Air India. #AirIndiaOnBoard #WingsOfChange," Tata Group said on Sunday.

As the Tata Monthly Bulletin of 1946, the group had to pick from Air India, Indian Air Lines, Air-India Pan-Indian Air Lines and Trans-Indian Air Lines.

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