Mumbai: The Indian Iconic Industrialist Ratan Tata’s last rites will perform at 4 p. m at Worli area of Mumbai on Thursday; the Maharashtra Government honoured Ratan Tata with Gaurd of Honour. The State Government also announced State Mourning Day on Thursday. Tata’s mortal remains will be kept at the NCPA from 10 am to 3. 30 pm on Thursday for people to pay their respects.

He was taken his last breath on Wednesday late night at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, while undergoing treatment.

Ratan Tata’s body was kept at NCPA in South Mumbai where it would be kept for people to pay their last respects. On Thursday morning his body was taken from his house in a hearse, decked with white flowers, to the NCPA in south Mumbai.

Before the hearse started from Tata’s home, located a couple of kilometres away from the NCPA, the Mumbai Police band played a tune as a mark of respect to him. As the news of Tata’s demise spread, people from different walks of life gathered outside his house since early Thursday morning to pay tribute to him.

Ratan Tata, who is credited with transforming the Tata Group into a globally renowned conglomerate. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputy Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra’s education minister Deepak Kesarkar and industrialist Mukesh Ambani were among those who rushed to the hospital after hearing about Tata’s death.

CM Shinde has said Ratan Tata will be accorded a state funeral. According to the CMO statement quoting CM Shinde said the national tricolor on government offices in Maharashtra will be flown at half-mast on Thursday as a sign of mourning.