Jubilee Park: A Landmark Gift Celebrating Jamshedpur’s Golden Jubilee

Jubilee Park: A Golden Gift beyond Steel

Pandit Nehru dedicated park to city

On February 28, 1908, near the confluence of two serene rivers, a quiet patch of the Bihar jungle began to transform into the great Steel Works and the Industrial Town of Jamshedpur, as we know them today.

Fifty Years later on March 1, 1958, 3,00,000 citizens of Jamshedpur bestirred themselves early to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of their industry and town and to welcome the then Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who had come especially from Delhi, to dedicate a 200-acre park and share with them the joy and pride of that golden day.

While dedicating the Jubilee Park, he said, “… in the ultimate analysis, I imagine the parks and trees are more important than iron and steel. Flowers, parks and trees supply something which is, I imagine, of more basic importance to human beings and  human spirit than even iron and steel, and, therefore, it was a very happy thought of those who were responsible for it to commemorate the occasion of the Jubilee of this great Company, by providing this beautiful Park for all the workers here and all the citizens of Jamshedpur and I congratulate them on this delightful Idea.”