Ratan Tata, who put India's Tata Group on global map, dies at 86

RIP.

Apart from all that mentioned in the article, Ratan Tata was also the first Indian civilian to fly an F16.

During an airshow in Bangalore in 2007, Ratan Tata was the co-pilot of the F-16 combat aircraft that was commandeered by Paul Hattendorf, who was the test pilot at Lockheed Martin. The Indian billionaire spent almost 40 minutes in the aircraft and took control mid-flight. 10 years later, Tata group signed a landmark agreement with Lockheed Martin to produce the F-16 Block 70 wings in India.

And he was a philanthropist and dog lover whose final project was opening an animal hospital. The Bombay House, a heritage building which is also the global headquarters of the Tata Group has a kennel for the stray dogs living around the area because Ratan Tata put in a request for strays to be let into the premises of the iconic building.

Wasn't he Baby's dad in Dirty Dancing?

Padma Bhushan Shri Ratan Naval Tata served India and her citizens with dedication and distinction. Humility, simplicity, honesty, integrity, generosity, magnanimity, secularism, and genuine love for human beings and animal species made him an icon of compassion in modern India and in the wider world. Ratan Ji will be remembered as the finest gentleman produced by Mother India. RIP Sir. Farewell.