Oct 9 (Reuters) - 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. He was 86.

Ratan Tata, the former chairman of the major Indian conglomerate Tata Group, has passed away at the age of 86, reports Reuters. The conglomerate he led employed a total of one million people. "It is with a profound sense of loss that we bid farewell to Mr.

Tata, who led a business empire while touching numerous facets of Indian life with his philanthropy, died of age-related health complications. He was 86.