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Ratan Tata remembered: Moments from his visits to Kolkata

The death of Ratan Naval Tata marks the end of an era for businesses in India

My Kolkata Web Desk Published 10.10.24, 01:05 PM
Ratan Tata with members of the Ladies Study Group at a programme in Kolkata on August 6, 2014. The chairman emeritus of the Tata Group passed away in a Mumbai hospital on the night of October 9. He was 86
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Ratan Tata with members of the Ladies Study Group at a programme in Kolkata on August 6, 2014. The chairman emeritus of the Tata Group passed away in a Mumbai hospital on the night of October 9. He was 86

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Ratan Tata with Madhu Neotia, adviser to Ambuja Neotia Group’s Hospitality & Healthcare Ventures and governing body member of the Ladies Study Group. The iconic industrialist was also a philanthropist known for his dedication to the development of society, from education to healthcare and more
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Ratan Tata with Madhu Neotia, adviser to Ambuja Neotia Group’s Hospitality & Healthcare Ventures and governing body member of the Ladies Study Group. The iconic industrialist was also a philanthropist known for his dedication to the development of society, from education to healthcare and more

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Ratan Tata interacts with a member of the audience at the 2014 event of the Ladies Study Group as social activist Sundeep Bhutoria looks on
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Ratan Tata interacts with a member of the audience at the 2014 event of the Ladies Study Group as social activist Sundeep Bhutoria looks on

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Ratan Tata during a visit to The Taj Bengal, Kolkata. After the 26/11 attacks, where the Taj Mahal palace Hotel, Mumbai, was under siege for over 60 hours, the business tycoon with a heart pledged to look after the families of all employees killed or injured in the tragic incident. An animal lover, Tata is known to have championed their cause and a recent post showing stray dogs resting on the porch of Taj, Mumbai, went viral with a message that they had been allowed at the initiative of Tata himself
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Ratan Tata during a visit to The Taj Bengal, Kolkata. After the 26/11 attacks, where the Taj Mahal palace Hotel, Mumbai, was under siege for over 60 hours, the business tycoon with a heart pledged to look after the families of all employees killed or injured in the tragic incident. An animal lover, Tata is known to have championed their cause and a recent post showing stray dogs resting on the porch of Taj, Mumbai, went viral with a message that they had been allowed at the initiative of Tata himself

Ratan Tata with Chanakya Chaudhary of Tata Steel at the opening of the Naval Hockey League in Telco, Jamshedpur. ‘I remember the first time I ever visited Jamshedpur, when I was on holiday from college. Mr. R. G. Da Costa and Mr. J. D. Chokshi invited me to visit the Telco plant and have a walk around the plant. This trip was much before I started working on the Tata Steel floor, my first interaction with the legacy city of Jamshedpur,’ Tata had reminisced in an Instagram post in 2020
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Ratan Tata with Chanakya Chaudhary of Tata Steel at the opening of the Naval Hockey League in Telco, Jamshedpur. ‘I remember the first time I ever visited Jamshedpur, when I was on holiday from college. Mr. R. G. Da Costa and Mr. J. D. Chokshi invited me to visit the Telco plant and have a walk around the plant. This trip was much before I started working on the Tata Steel floor, my first interaction with the legacy city of Jamshedpur,’ Tata had reminisced in an Instagram post in 2020

Ratan Tata on his visits to Kolkata.Tata Medical Center, a philanthropic  state-of-the-art cancer care centre, is among the Tata Group’s gifts to Kolkata. Tata Centre on Chowringhee, The Tata Group headquarters in Kolkata, was for long the city’s tallest building
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Ratan Tata on his visits to Kolkata.Tata Medical Center, a philanthropic state-of-the-art cancer care centre, is among the Tata Group’s gifts to Kolkata. Tata Centre on Chowringhee, The Tata Group headquarters in Kolkata, was for long the city’s tallest building

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