Mumbai. The last rites of renowned industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata were performed with full state honors at a crematorium in central Mumbai on Thursday evening. Mumbai Police paid tribute and guard of honor to him.
Tata's family members including his step brother Noel Tata and top officials including Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran were present at the crematorium in Worli. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknathan Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Congress leader and former Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and others were also present at the crematorium.
A religious leader present at the crematorium said that the last rites were performed as per Parsi tradition. He said that after the last rites, rituals will be performed for three days at the late industrialist's bungalow in Colaba, South Mumbai. Padma Vibhushan awardee Ratan Tata (86) died in a city hospital on Wednesday night.
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