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Ratan Tata: Indian Mogul Who Built A Global Powerhouse

Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata poses next to a 'Tata Indigo Marina' in 2004 (Credit: AFP)

Industrialist Ratan Tata, who has died aged 86, was credited with transforming India's Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate with a portfolio ranging from software to sports cars.

A painfully shy student, he planned to be an architect and was working in the United States when his grandmother, who raised him, asked him to return home and join the sprawling family business.

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