Ratan Tata, the esteemed chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, was cremated with full state honours in Maharashtra's Worli on Thursday evening. He breathed his last at Mumbai's Breach-Candy Hospital on Wednesday. The chairman emeritus of the Tata Group was 86.
He was also given a ceremonial guard of honour by the Mumbai Police after his mortal remains were brought to a crematorium in Worli for final rites.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Maharastra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputy Devendra Fadnavis, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel and Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal attended the funeral of Tata. Shah paid respects to the mortal remains of Tata on behalf of the Government of India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Laos to attend the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits.
