28 December, 1937 - 9 October, 2024: Ratan’s Mumbai

Whether they had worked with him benefited from his generosity merely glimpsed him or never had the pleasure of meeting him it didnrsquot matter for the hordes of people across social stratamdashfrom business tycoons to politicians to regular Mumbaikarsmdashwho assembled at the southernmost point of the city to bid farewell to Ratan Naval TataA policewomanrsquos final salute PicShadab KhanThe industrialist philanthropist and former chairman of Tata Sons died on Wednesday night Tata is hailed for his ethics humanity and downtoearth natureA crowd had gathered at NCPA to pay their respects to the esteemed industrialist PicShadab KhanThe Maharashtra government had declared a day of mourning as a mark of respect for Tata The industrialistrsquos last rites were performed with full state honours at the Worli crematorium around 6 pmAamir Khan with exwife Kiran Rao at the funeral PicShadab KhanThe funeral took place according to the rituals followed by the Parsi community after which he was consigned to the flames in an electric crematorium The octogenarian had been admitted to Breach Candy HospitalSimone Tata Ratan Tatarsquos nonagenarian stepmotherAfter his demise his remains were brought to his Colaba home in the early hours of Thursday and kept there till 930 am His body was then borne by a hearse decked with white flowers to the National Centre for Performing Arts NCPA where people gathered to pay their respectsPuneet Chhatwal CEO Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces PicsShadab KhanDraped in the tricolour the body was kept at the cultural centre Political leaders including Union Home Minister Amit Shah Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis NCPSP chief Sharad Pawar Shiv Sena UBT leaders Uddhav and Aaditya Thackeray Baramati MP Supriya Sule NCP chief Ajit Pawar and his party member Praful Patel MNS chief Raj Thackeray Shiv Sena MLA Uday Samant and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar visited the NCPA to bid farewell to the icon Industrialists such as Mukesh Ambani Kumar Mangalam Birla and Ajay Piramal were also presentRatan Tata was cremated with full state honours on ThursdayTata Group Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran as well as other senior officials of the conglomerate along with family members were present Visitors associated with the group as well as common citizens were tearyeyed There were two linesmdashone for Tata employees and the other for other mournersHome Minister Amit Shah offers his condolences PicsShadab KhanldquoIt was wellorganised No one was shouting pushing or chanting Everyone paid their respects to Ratan Tata a person who always set an example through his actionsrdquo said a visitorShaktikanta Das Reserve Bank of India governor pays tribute to the icon PicShadab KhanAround 4 pm the hearse bearing Tatarsquos mortal remains arrived at the Worli crematorium Apart from family members relatives and members of the Parsi community Shah Shinde Fadnavis former chief minister Sushilkumar Shinde Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora Piramal RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das had gathered at the spot After VIPs left the police allowed common citizens to enter the crematoriumRatan Tatarsquos halfbrother Noel with pen in pocket and his family PicSatej ShindeSena UBT president Uddhav Thackeray at the funeral PicShadab Khan