▁and ▁country , ▁he ▁sur mount ed ▁ske ptic ism ▁and ▁advers ity ▁with ▁his ▁in def at ig able ▁fighting ▁spirit ▁and ▁out man eu ver ing ▁skills ▁to ▁capture ▁a ▁command ing ▁share ▁of ▁the ▁market ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Bomb ay ▁( now , ▁M umb ai ), ▁which ▁got ▁him ▁wide ▁attention . ▁▁ ▁He ▁had ▁the ▁for es ight ▁to ▁sh rew d ly ▁use ▁the ▁cl out ▁resulting ▁from ▁its ▁recognition , ▁by ▁employ ing ▁his ▁networking ▁skills ▁and ▁resources ▁at ▁his ▁command ▁effectively , ▁in ▁negoti ating ▁international ▁help ▁and ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁govern ments ▁of ▁at ▁least ▁nine ▁prime ▁minister s ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁over ▁more ▁than ▁five ▁dec ades , ▁all ▁on ▁terms ▁set ▁by ▁him , ▁making ▁everyone ▁who ▁matter ed ▁come ▁to ▁An and ▁in ▁Bomb ay ' s ▁hinter land , ▁where ▁he ▁stayed ▁put , ▁to ▁see ▁his ▁show pie ce ▁vent ure , ▁rather ▁than ▁meet ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁capital ▁cities . ▁Term ed ▁" a ▁cro cod ile ▁who ▁sw ims ▁in ▁milk ", ▁he ▁would ▁stead fast ly ▁st ave ▁off ▁med d ling ▁by ▁polit icians ▁and ▁b ureau cr ats ▁while ▁building ▁his ▁co oper atives ▁to ▁national ▁scale ▁and ▁found ing ▁institutions , ▁and ▁enc ro achment ▁by ▁mult in ational ▁companies ▁on ▁mark ets ▁n urt ured ▁by ▁him . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁made ▁India ▁self - su fficient ▁in ▁ed ible ▁o ils , ▁taking ▁on ▁a ▁powerful , ▁ent rench ed