Ratan Tata cremated with full state honours in Mumbai

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.

Earlier in the days, Tata's mortal remains were kept at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) in south Mumbai from 10 am to 4 pm on Thursday for people to pay respect. Tributes were poured in from leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Chief Ministers of almost every state. The Maharashtra government has declared one day of mourning.