Situated in the ecologically rich Chota Nagpur plateau and bordered by the Subarnarekha and Kharkai rivers, Jamshedpur is the most populous urban agglomeration in the east Indian state of Jharkhand. Better known as ‘The Steel City’, it is one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Named after the visionary industrialist Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, it was established by his son Dorabji Tata in 1908, with the vision to create a city that could lead India towards freedom and economic independence. Considered as the birthplace of industry in India, Jamshedpur was one of the first planned industrial cities in the country. Its location was strategically chosen for the availability of water, owing to the convergence of the two rivers, the surrounding Damna Hills, and being central to a region rich in minerals, iron ore and coal—a factor that was of utmost importance for the development of the steel industry.