Ratan Tata dies aged 86 - in pictures

  • Ratan Tata, credited with transforming the Tata Group into a global conglomerate, has died aged 86. AFP
    Ratan Tata, credited with transforming the Tata Group into a global conglomerate, has died aged 86. AFP
  • Mr Tata, right, at the UK-India CEO Forum chaired by then-British prime minister David Cameron at Downing Street in 2011. AFP
    Mr Tata, right, at the UK-India CEO Forum chaired by then-British prime minister David Cameron at Downing Street in 2011. AFP
  • Mr Tata in the backseat of a US Navy Super Hornet plane at the Aero India 2007 air show in Bengaluru. AFP
    Mr Tata in the backseat of a US Navy Super Hornet plane at the Aero India 2007 air show in Bengaluru. AFP
  • Mr Tata and Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi, now India's Prime Minister, at a Tata Nano factory in Gujarat in 2010. Reuters
    Mr Tata and Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi, now India's Prime Minister, at a Tata Nano factory in Gujarat in 2010. Reuters
  • Mr Tata and his successor as Tata chairman, Cyrus Mistry, with Mr Modi in Gandhinagar near Ahmedabad in 2014. AFP
    Mr Tata and his successor as Tata chairman, Cyrus Mistry, with Mr Modi in Gandhinagar near Ahmedabad in 2014. AFP
  • Mr Tata and Mr Mistry, who later resigned from the group and took legal action against his former employer. AFP
    Mr Tata and Mr Mistry, who later resigned from the group and took legal action against his former employer. AFP
  • Then-US vice president Joe Biden shows a picture of an Indian Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport plane to Mr Tata in 2013. AFP
    Then-US vice president Joe Biden shows a picture of an Indian Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport plane to Mr Tata in 2013. AFP
  • Mr Tata receives an honorary doctorate from the HSNC University in Mumbai in 2022. AFP
    Mr Tata receives an honorary doctorate from the HSNC University in Mumbai in 2022. AFP
  • Mr Tata speaks to fellow industrialist Jamshed Godrej in Kolkata in 1995. AP
    Mr Tata speaks to fellow industrialist Jamshed Godrej in Kolkata in 1995. AP

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