Tata posted his tributes on the anniversary of the terrorist attack on social media along with a sketch by artist Sanjana Desai of the iconic Hotel Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai, which was one of the sites of the terrorist attacks.
The sketch carried the message “we remember.”
Tata, who headed the Tata group at the time of the November 2008 attack, wrote: “The rampant destruction that took place 12 years ago today will never be forgotten.”
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– Ratan N. Tata (@ RNTata2000) 1606365936000
After the attacks, which severely damaged the property, he supervised the restoration work.
“But, what is most memorable, is the way Mumbai, as a diverse people, came together, putting aside all differences, to defeat the terrorism and destruction of that day,” he wrote.
Tata, who is now chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, the salt-to-software group’s holding company, hoped that unity and acts of kindness would continue to shine through for years to come.
“Today we can certainly mourn those we lost and honor the sacrifice of the brave who helped conquer the enemy, but what we should applaud is the unity and acts of kindness and sensitivity that we should cherish and that hopefully they will continue to shine for years to come, ”he added.
Last year, he had written a similar tribute to all those who lost their lives. “We can get hurt, but not knocked out,” he had written.
Echoing similar sentiments, Mahindra and Mahindra Chairman Anand Mahindra tweeted on Thursday: “Mumbaikars will not forget the night of Attack # 2611, when the air was filled with uncertainty and insecurity. I remember feeling as if the city and the country were being invaded. ”
Mumbaikars will not forget the night of # 2611Attack when the air was filled with uncertainty and insecurity. I remember … https://t.co/sHANijYu9k
– anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) 1606375123000
Citing a comment by the late South African leader Nelson Mandela: “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear. But the triumph over it,” Mahindra added: “But at the end of that week, we brought this quote to life from Mandela. Mumbai. and India triumphed. ”
On November 26, 2008, 10 Pakistani terrorists belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba group arrived by sea and opened fire, killing 166 people, including 18 security personnel, and injuring several more during the 60-hour siege. in Mumbai.
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal hotel, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital and the now renamed Nariman House Jewish Community Center Nariman Lighthouse, were some of the places attacked by terrorists.
Later, security forces killed nine terrorists, including the National Security Guard, the country’s elite command force.
Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist who was captured alive. He was hanged four years later, on November 21, 2012.
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