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    1937: Ratan Tata is born to Soonoo and Naval Tata. (Image: Ratan Tata with his brother Jimmy in 1945)

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    1955: Ratan Tata left for Cornell University at age 17. He studied architecture and engineering. (Image: Young Ratan Tata during his stay in LA)

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    1962: Ratan Tata joined the Tata group as an assistant in Tata Industries. Later in the year, spends six months training in Tata Motors. (Image: Ratan Tata during his stay in Cornell)

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    1991: Ratan Tata was named as Chairman of Tata Sons and Chairman of the Tata trusts after JRD Tata (Image: JRD Tata, who had led the group for over half a century, appointed Ratan Tata to be his successor)

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    1991: Begins restructuring of the Tata group when the liberalisation of the Indian economy was underway (Image: JRD Tata and Ratan Tata at a Founder's Day function in Jamshedpur)

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    1998: Tata Indica was launched by Tata Motors and was the first Indian car with a diesel engine. (Image: Ratan Tata during the launch of first 'Tata Indica' car in 1998)

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    2000s onwards: The growth and globalisation drive of the Tata group gathers pace. The Tata Group embarked on a massive expansion drive, snapping iconic British assets including steelmaker Corus and luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover.

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    2008: Ratan Tata launches the Tata Nano, born of the trailblazing small car project in India (Image: Ratan Tata with Narendra Modi (then Gujarat CM)

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    2008: Ratan Tata was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second-highest civilian honour, by the Government of India. (Ratan Tata with the then President of India Pratibha Patil)

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    2012: Ratan Tata steps down as Chairman of Tata Sons after 50 years with the Tata group. He was later appointed as Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons.

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    Ratan Tata passes away at the age of 86 in Mumbai. (Image: Ratan Tata during conferment of honorary Doctorate of Literature at the first special convocation 2022 of HSNC University in Mumbai)

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