Maharashtra Cabinet passed a proposal, urging the central government to award Bharat Ratna, to veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, who died in Mumbai at the age of 86 on Wednesday. CM Eknath Shinde and his Cabinet ministers paid rich tributes and condolences to Ratan Tata. In a condolence post for Ratan Tata, cabinet said the country “lost a great social worker, visionary and patriotic leader”.