Mumbai The funeral of Ratan Naval Tata, Honorary Chairman of Tata Sons and the country’s well-known industrialist, was held with state honors at the Worli Crematorium in Mumbai on Thursday, October 10. Earlier, his mortal remains were kept at the National Center for Performing Arts, NCPA at Nariman Point for last darshan. Many personalities including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers of Gujarat and Maharashtra paid tribute to him at the NCPA.
From there Ratan Tata’s last journey reached the cremation ground of Worli. He was given a guard of honor before the funeral. It is noteworthy that Ratan Tata died at the age of 86 on Wednesday, October 9, at around 11 pm. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai and was suffering from age-related ailments. Many personalities from politics, sports and business including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Mukesh Ambani and Kumar Mangalam Birla paid tribute to Ratan Tata.
Amitabh Bachchan wrote, ‘An era has ended.’ Many leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis paid tribute to Ratan Tata before the funeral. Ratan Tata’s last journey has reached Worli crematorium. The last rites will be performed here with state honours.
Tata’s half-brother Noel Tata, his family members and Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran and top officials were present at the crematorium in Worli. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Congress leader and former Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and others were also present at the crematorium.