Last rites of renowned industrialist Ratan Tata performed with full state honours in Mumbai

Mumbai, October 10
The last rites of the renowned industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata were performed with full state honours in Mumbai today.
Ratan Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate, breathed his last yesterday at the age of 86, at a hospital in Mumbai.
The Maharashtra cabinet today passed a proposal to request the Union government to award the Bharat Ratna to Ratan Tata. The cabinet also paid tribute to Ratan Tata.
Union Ministers Amit Shah and Piyush Goyal, Maharashtra Chief Minster Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis were among those who
Attended the last rites at the crematorium. ,
Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the last rituals of the veteran industrialist on behalf of the Government of India.
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created sand art at the beach in Puri, Odisha to pay tribute to veteran industrialist Ratan Tata.
Tributes have poured in from leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Chief Ministers of almost every state including Odisha.
Gujarat government has declared one day of mourning in respect of Ratan Tata today. The national flag will be flown at half-mast and no cultural or entertainment programme of the government will be held today.
Maharashtra government has declared one day of mourning.
Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons, passed away at the age of 86 on Wednesday night at the Breach Candy Hospital in the city.
Ratan Tata, born on December 28, 1937, in Mumbai, was the Chairman of Ratan Tata Trust and Dorabji Tata Trust, two of the largest private-sector-promoted philanthropic trusts in India.
He was the Chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, from 1991 until his retirement in 2012. Then he was appointed Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons. He was honoured with the country’s second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2008.