Ratan Tata at the launch of Tata Motors’ electric sport-utility vehicle Nexon EV, in Mumbai, on January 28, 2020.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Ratan Naval Tata, inaugurates a cancer care centre, at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), in Dibrugarh, April 28, 2022.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma with Ratan Tata and Tata Sons Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran during a meeting, on March 20, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Ratan Tata with Tata Sons Chairman-designate Cyrus Mistry during the 173rd birth anniversary of founder of Tata Steel, J N Tata in Jamshedpur. PTI Photo

An elderly lady touches the feet of Ratan Tata at the launch of India’s first companion start-up for elders, “Good fellows”, at Taj President in Mumbai. Photo: EMMANUAL YOGINI

Guenter Butschek, MD and CEO, Tata Motors with Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Group and Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Motors, during the launch of electric SUV Nexon EV in Mumbai, on January 28, 2020. Photo by Paul Noronha

Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Group, along with Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Motors during the launch of electric SUV Nexon EV in Mumbai, on January 28, 2020. Photo by Paul Noronha

Winners of the Prime Minister’s Trophy for the Best Performing Integrated Steel Plants: ( R to L) Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tisco, Dr. J.J. Irani, Managing Director, Mr. Arvind Pande, Chairman, SAIL, and Mr. V. Gujral, Managing Director, Bhilai Steel Plant, in New Delhi in 1997. THE HINDU ARCHIVES

Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Group, along with Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Motors, during the launch of electric SUV Nexon EV in Mumbai, on January 28, 2020. Photo by Paul Noronha

Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Group along with Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Motors pose during the launch of electric SUV Nexon EV in Mumbai, on January 28, 2020. Photo by Paul Noronha

File photo of Ratan Tata (L) with Cyrus Mistry. PTI

Indian industrialist and Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata (L) prepares for a flight in the backseat of a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft during the third day of the Aero India 2007 air show at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka, in Bengaluru on February 9, 2007.

This file handout photograph taken and released on December 29, 2011 by the Gujarat State Information Department shows Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata (R) and his successor Cyrus Mistry (C) talking with Gujarat State’s then-Chief Minister Narendra Modi (L) in Gandhinagar near Ahmedabad.

Indian industralists Ratan Tata (R) and Mukesh Ambani arrive to attend a joint press conference by US President Barack Obama and India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on November 8, 2010.

Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata speaks during the 63rd annual general meeting of Tata Motors in Mumbai on July 24, 2008.

Chairman of India’s giant Tata Group Ratan Tata poses in front of the Tata Nano, unveiled as the world’s cheapest compact car at 2,500 USD, during the vehicle’s launch in New Delhi on January 10, 2008.

India’s Tata Group head Ratan Tata (R) attends the UK-India CEO Forum meeting chaired by British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) as Standard Chartered CEO Peter Sands (2nd L) looks on at 10, Downing Street in London, on February 3, 2011.

Then US Vice President Joe Biden (L) shows a photograph of a newly-inducted Indian Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft to Ratan Tata, former chairman of Tata Group, India’s largest conglomerate, after a round table discussion with corporate leaders in Mumbai on July 24, 2013.

Indian industrialist Ratan Tata attends an event to receive a Doctor of Literature honorary title from the HSNC University in Mumbai on June 11, 2022.

Industrialist Ratan Tata sits in the cockpit of a F17 fighter plane during Aero India 2011, India’s biggest air show, at Yelahanka Air base in Bengaluru. PTI

Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, and Gujarat’s chief minister Narendra Modi, gesture as they stand beside the Tata Nano car during the inauguration ceremony of a new plant for the Tata Nano, at Sanand, in Gujarat, June 2, 2010. REUTERS

File photo of Ratan Tata (L) with Cyrus Mistry. PTI Photo

Mr. Ratan Tata on his way to meet Home Minister Inderjeet Gupta at his office in North Block in New Delhi. (CIRCA 1997) PHOTO: THE HINDU ARCHIVES

Captains of industry, Mr. Rahul Bajaj, Mr. Nusli Wadia, Mr. Ratan Tata, Mr. R.P Goenka, Mr. Parvinder Singh, at a pre-Budget meeting with the Finance Minister, Mr. Yashwant Sinha, in New Delhi on January 12, 1999. PHOTO: THE HINDU ARCHIVES

The then Prime Minister, Mr. I.K. Gujral, with the winners of the Prime Minister’s Trophy for the Best Performing Integrated Steel Plants: (r to l) Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tisco, Dr. J.J. Irani, Managing Director, Mr. Arvind Pande, Chairman, SAIL, and Mr. V. Gujral, Managing Director, Bhilai Steel Plant, in New Delhi on September 16, 1997.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flanked by Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata (R) and company’s Chairman N Chandrasekaran unveils the book ‘Bridgital Nation’, in New Delhi, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. (PIB/PTI Photo)

Mr. Albert Hang, Chairman, ITPI Pte Ltd, Singapore, explaining the features of the Information Technology Park to Mr. Goh Chok Tong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, at the launching ceremony in Bangalore on January 28, 1994. Others from left are the Chief Minister Mr Veerappa Moily, Mr. Ratan Tata and the Governor, Mr. Khurshed Alam Khan. January 29, 1994.

May 31, 2019: Ratan Tata walks up to the podium to share his memories of late Lord Kumar Bhattacharya, while the doyens of Indian industry, Venu Srinivasan, Jamshyd N. Godrej, Sunil Kant Munjal and others watching him at a function organised by CII in Mumbai on Friday. Lord Kumar Bhattacharya was a British-Indian Engineer, educator and advisor to various governments. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury

Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Group along with Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motor Company at a memorial function to commemorate Prof. Lord Bhattacharyya to his contribution to Indian industry organised by CII in Mumbai on May 31, 2019. Photo by Paul Noronha

Ratan Tata watching the show at the second day of biennial air show - AERO India 2019 - at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on 21 February 2018. Photo: V Sreenivasa Murthy

Ratan Tata meets M K Stalin in Chennai. January 2019

Ratan Tata and Goh Kok Huat, promoter and CEO, respectively, of ITPL, watch the inaugural proceedings on the stage along with the rest of the invitees in Bangalore on November 1, 1998.

Another reminiscent picture, another memory, on JRD’s 117th birth anniversary Mr. JRD Tata dreamt of the Tatas producing a “Tata” car. Mr. Sumant Moolgaokar shared in this dream. This picture was taken at the launch celebration of the TATA ESTATE at the Pune plant. One of Jeh’s many dreams became a reality. On that day, TELCO too achieved another dream for India. Source: Instagram

Ratan Tata, along with his mentor Mr. J.R.D. Tata, commemorating the birth anniversary of their founder, Mr. Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata. Source: Instagram

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The then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Ratan Tata at a ceremony in New Delhi to mark the completion of restoration work at Humayun’s Tomb, in New Delhi on September 18, 2013.