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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)
