Cyrus Mistry, former Tata Group chairman, dies in road accident

Cyrus Mistry, former Tata Group chairman, dies in road accident

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Category : Obituaries Published on: September 06 2022

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  • Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry died in a road accident in Maharashtra's Palghar on Sunday. 
  • Mistry was returning to Mumbai from Ahmedabad in his Mercedes that crashed on a divider. 
  • Mistry was aged 54 years.
  • The accident took place around 3.15pm, when Mistry was travelling to Mumbai from Ahmedabad. 
  • The accident took place on a bridge over the Surya River.
  • Mistry was ousted as chairman of Tata Sons in October 2016.
  • Mistry was the sixth chairman of the Tata group, a conglomerate started more than 150 years ago, and the second not named Tata. 
  • He was the brother-in-law of Noel Tata, half-brother of Ratan Tata, Mistry’s predecessor as chair.
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