RATAN TATA, WHO PUT INDIA'S TATA GROUP ON THE GLOBAL MAP, DIES AT 86

The Tata Group said in a statement late on Wednesday, the former Tata Group chairman, Ratan Tata who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate on the global stage with a string of high-profile acquisitions, has died.

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Ratan Tata died at the age of 86 and ran the conglomerate for more than 20 years as chairman.

The company said, 'It is with a profound sense of loss that we bid farewell to Mr. Ratan Naval Tata, a truly uncommon leader whose immeasurable contributions have shaped not only the Tata Group but also the very fabric of our nation.'

Ratan Tata, 'was a visionary business leader, a compassionate soul and an extraordinary human being.' The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on social media platform X. 'Extremely pained by his passing away. My thoughts are with his family, friends and admirers in this sad hour.'

Ratan Tata graduated with a degree in architecture at Cornell University, Ratan Tata returned to India and in the year 1962 and began working for the group his great-grandfather had founded nearly a century earlier.