Mumbai: The final rites of renowned industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata were performed with full state honours at a central Mumbai crematorium Thursday evening.
The Mumbai police paid tribute to Ratan Tata with a gun salute.
The industry titan’s family members, including the half-brother Noel Tata, and top executives from the Tata Group like chairman N Chandrasekaran, were present at the crematorium in Worli.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, his cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputy Devendra Fadnavis, Congress leader and former CM Sushilkumar Shinde, among others, were also present.
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The last rites were performed as per the Parsi tradition, one of the priests present at the crematorium said.
After the funeral, there will be three more days of rituals which will be conducted at the late industrialist’s bungalow in Colaba, south Mumbai, he said.
Ratan Tata (86), a Padma Vibhushan recipient, died after a brief illness at a city hospital late on Wednesday night.
PTI
