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From corporate leaders to politicians, celebrities, and general public, thousands of people gathered to pay tributes to Ratan Tata, (Photo:
Reuters)5 min read Last Updated : Oct 11 2024 | 12:57 AM IST
Industrialists, politicians, film stars, Tata group employees, friends,
Thursday morning to pay their last respects to Ratan Tata, 86
where he was admitted in the wee hours of Monday.
The crowd had started building up outside the hospital on Wednesday evening itself when
Soon after the Tata group made the announcement late night, rich tributes flowed in from across the country and around the world
In television studios and newsrooms, there were questions around succession and the next chapter in the Tata empire
The biggest question was whether Noel Tata, chairman of Trent and half brother of Ratan Tata, will be chosen as the head of Tata Trusts,
which owns 66 per cent in Tata Sons
While VVIPs gathered there to pay their homage, the gates of the crematorium were thrown open to hundreds of emotionally charged employees
Shah represented the Union government at the funeral
corporate governance, adhering to the rules, and made efforts to build a better society through the Tata Trusts
being.
Among those attending the last rites of Tata were Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, and
Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das
Captains of the industry including Mukesh Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Adi Godrej were there too
Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran and Noel Tata were seen interacting with the dignitaries
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, film star Aamir Khan and movie maker Madhur Bhandarkar also joined in to pay their tributes.
It was here at
the same crematorium that the last rites of Cyrus Mistry, former chairman of Tata Sons, were performed in September 2022
Shapoorji Mistry, Chairman of SP Group, which owns 18.4 per cent stake in Tata Sons, said on Thursday that the Mistry family has had a long
standing relationship with the Tata Group and with Ratan Tata
declared Thursday a day of mourning, national flags flew at half mast in all government buildings in the state
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