People hardly know these 10 things about Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata Life Facts: India's biggest industrialist Ratan Tata died late Wednesday night in a hospital in Mumbai. Ratan Tata was ill for the last few days. There is a wave of mourning in the country after his death. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also expressed condolences on his demise. Apart from being a businessman, he was also a social worker. Let us know about some important facts related to his life…

10 facts about Ratan Tata (Ratan Tata Life Facts)

1. Ratan Naval Tata was the great-grandson of Jamsetji Tata, who founded the Tata Group. Ratan Tata was born on 28 December 1937 in Mumbai to Naval Tata and Suni Tata.

2. Ratan Tata's early education took place at Campion School, Mumbai. From here he studied till eighth standard. After this he did further studies from John Kannan School (Mumbai), Bishop Cotton School (Shimla) and Riverdale Country School (New York).

3. He received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Cornell University in New York in 1959. He started his career with Tata Steel in 1961. This experience laid the foundation for his future leadership role in the group.4.

4. She was brought up by her grandmother, Nawazbai Tata, after her parents separated in 1948. There were many discussions about Ratan Tata's marriage, but Ratan Tata never married.

5. He once admitted in an interview that he had fallen in love while working in Los Angeles. But due to the ongoing India-China war in 1962, the girl's parents refused to let her come to India.

6. He became chairman of the Auto to Steel Group in 1991 and managed the group founded by his great-grandfather more than a century ago until 2012. He initiated the restructuring of the Tata Group at a time when the liberalization of the Indian economy was underway.

7. He played an important role in the business expansion of popular cars including Tata Nano and Tata Indica. He was instrumental in the acquisition of Tata to Tata, Jaguar Land Rover to Tata Motors and Corus to Tata Steel in 2004.

8. In 2009, Ratan Tata fulfilled his promise of making the world's cheapest car available to the middle class. They launched Tata Nano at a price of ₹1 lakh.

9. Was the Chairman of Tata Group from 1991 to 2012. After this he was the interim president from October 2016 to February 2017. Under his leadership the Tata Group's revenues increased by more than 40 times and profits by more than 50 times.

10. After leaving the post of Chairman, he was given the title of Honorary Chairman of Tata Sons, Tata Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Tata Chemicals.