Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate on the global stage with a string of high-profile acquisitions, has died, the Tata Group said in a statement late on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Ratan Tata, the chairman emeritus of one of India's biggest conglomerates, Tata Sons, is in critical condition and in intensive care in a Mumbai hospital, two sources said on Wednesday. Tata, 86, said on Monday he was undergoing routine medical investigations due to his age and related medical conditions.

Ratan Tata, the esteemed former chairman of the Tata Group, departed on October 9 at the age of 86. He had been receiving medical care in a hospital in Mumbai but being the sensitive man that he was,

Ratan Tata—a former chairman of Tata Group who led the Indian megacompany through multiple significant international acquisitions—died at age 86, the group announced Wednesday. Tata took over the conglomerate in 1991 and led it for 21 years.

Ratan Tata, a former chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata Sons, died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday night. He was 86.

Ratan Tata, former chairman of India’s oldest conglomerate Tata Sons, has died at age 86 in a hospital, his company says

For four decades, Ratan Tata was the gentle colossus of India's corporate world who made the Tata conglomerate ready for a post-1991 India. It was not easy because he was surrounded by legends themselves when he succeeded JRD Tata, but he prevailed by his vision, resolve, and…

Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Indian conglomerate Tata Group, said on Monday that he was undergoing age-related medical investigations and that rumours circulating about his health were unfounded.

Ratan Tata, the former chairman of Tata Sons, reassured his followers on Instagram that he's fine after rumors of his hospitalization for low blood pressure spread. He clarified that he is undergoing routine medical check-ups.

Ratan Tata said that health rumors about him are unfounded and he is undergoing routine medical check-ups due to age-related conditions.

Ratan Tata has issued a written note to clarify the status of his health. The note says that he is aware of the ‘rumours’ circulating about his health. He has called these claims unfounded and has expressed that he is currently undergoing medical checkups due to ill health.