Tributes poured in, a billion people mourned and India prepared itself on Thursday for Ratan Tatan’s final farewell, an evening event in Mumbai’s Worli that is expected to see a sombre gathering of commoners, celebrities, politicians and business tycoons united in grief by the passing away of a national icon. Ratan Tata, the former chairman of Tata Group, died at the age of 86 on Wednesday night. Confirming his demise, Tata Group chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran said Ratan Tata was “a truly uncommon leader whose immeasurable contributions have shaped not only the Tata Group but also the very fabric of our nation” Tata, who transformed a staid group into India’s largest and most influential conglomerate with a string of eye-catching deals, breathed his last at south Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital at 11.
30 pm. A Padma Vibhushan recipient, Tata, had been in intensive care at the hospital since Monday, the day when he asserted there was no cause for concern regarding his health and he was undergoing check-ups for age-related medical conditions amid reports of his admission to a hospital. His demise was first confirmed by a top official of the Mumbai Police, hours after which, the Maharashtra government declared a day of mourning in the state on Thursday to pay tributes to Ratan Tata.
A statement quoting Chief Minister Shinde read the national tricolour on government offices in Maharashtra will be flown at half-mast on Thursday as a sign of mourning. People from diffe.
