6 biggest overseas acquisitions involving Indian companies 

April 11, 2025

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From Tata Motors acquiring Jaguar to Tata Steel buying Corus Group. Here are six of the most significant foreign acquisitions by Indian companies!

Value: $1.97 billion
In 2011, Adani Group’s subsidiary Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone acquired a 100% stake in Australia-based Abbot Point Coal Terminal.

Adani Port-Abbot Point Coal Terminal

Value: $2.3 billion
Tata Motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) from Ford Motors in 2008.

Tata Motors-Ford

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Value: $6 billion
In 2007, Aditya Birla Group’s subsidiary Hindalco signed a deal to acquire Novelis, an aluminium rolling company.

Hindalco-Novelis

Value: $10.7 billion
Bharti Airtel acquired Kuwait-based Zain Telecom’s Africa business in 2010.

Bharti Airtel-Zain

Value: $12 billion
In 2007, Tata Steel acquired Corus Group, now Tata Steel Europe. In 2021, Tata Steel Europe was split into Tata Steel Netherlands and Tata Steel UK.

Tata Steel-Corus

Value: $16 billion
In 2018, Walmart acquired a 77% stake in Flipkart. It further increased its stake to 80.5% in 2023.

Walmart-Flipkart

Value: $32 billion
In 2006, Mittal Steel, a UK-based company with Indian roots, made a hostile bid for Luxembourg-based Arcelor for an initial value of $23 billion, resulting in Arcelor-Mittal.

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Mittal-Arecelor

Image: corporate.arcelormittal.com

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