When Ratan Tata showed tremendous determination in the Taj Hotel attack in 2008 | Latest News India

Tata, who was chairman of the Salt to Software Group for more than two decades, breathed his last at 11.30 pm on Wednesday. Tata, a Padma Vibhushan recipient, was in the intensive care unit of the hospital since Monday.

Tata joined the family business after earning a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1962. A decade later, he became chairman of Tata Industries and in 1991 took over as chairman of the Tata Group from his uncle JRD Tata, who had been in charge for more than half a century.

As India’s economy opened up, Tata transformed the group that began as a small textile and trading company in 1868 into a global powerhouse with operations ranging from salt to steel, cars to software, power plants to airlines.

In 2008, ten Pakistani terrorists entered south Mumbai by sea and carried out attacks at several prime locations in the city, including the Taj Hotel and the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.

The indiscriminate attack by the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) left 166 people dead and more than 300 people injured.

During the attack, Ratan Tata, then 70, showed tremendous determination. He was seen standing at the Colaba end of the famous Taj Hotel and security forces were conducting operations against the terrorists at the Taj Hotel.

Among the 166 people killed in the attack were 33 who died in the 60-hour siege at Tata Group’s iconic Taj Hotel. This includes 11 hotel employees.

After the attack, Rata Tata promised to reopen the Taj Hotel and take care of the families of those killed or injured in the attack.

According to the BBC, he paid the relatives of those killed the wages they would have earned for the rest of their lives.

Within months, the Tata Group also set up the Taj Public Service Welfare Trust (TPSWT) to provide humanitarian assistance during disasters. According to Deccan Herald, Ratan Tata himself visited the victims’ houses and ensured that they were taken care of.

“Insane Destruction”

In 2020, Ratan Tata on Thursday recalled the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and said the wanton destruction that took place 12 years ago today will never be forgotten.

In one Instagram postThe industrialist praised the people of Mumbai for putting aside all differences and coming together on this day.

“The wanton destruction that took place 12 years ago today will never be forgotten. However, what is even more memorable is the way Mumbai came together as a diverse people and put aside all differences to defeat terrorism and destruction on that day. Today we can certainly mourn those we lost and honor the sacrifice of the brave who helped defeat the enemy, but what we must applaud is the unity and acts of kindness and sensitivity that we should appreciate and which will hopefully continue to shine in the years to come,” he wrote.