Ten Things To Know About Rohiqa Chagla, Wife Of Cyrus Mistry

Cyrus Mistry, ex-Chairman of Tata Sons, died in a road accident on September 4. He was 54 and is survived by his wife Rohiqa Chagla and two sons. The last rites of Mistry will be performed in Mumbai on Tuesday, 6 September his family said. His funeral will be held at Mumbai's Worli crematorium at 11 am.

Rohiqa Chagla and Cyrus Mistry have been married for thirty years. Mistry was travelling from Ahmedabad to Mumbai after the vehicle he travelled in hit a divider. According to reports, the accident occurred on the Surya River Charoti bridge on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway on Sunday afternoon.

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Ten things to know about Rohiqa Chagla

1. Rohiqa Chagla and Cyrus Mistry married in 1992 and remained married for three decades until his sudden demise.

2. They have two sons, Zahan Mistry and Firoz Mistry.

3. Rohiqa Chagla has been a corporate icon herself and held directorship at some private and public limited companies.

4. Chagla’s father is a well-known veteran lawyer Iqbal Chagla. Her mother is Roshan Chagla.

5. She comes from a family which is deep-rooted in the country's judicial history. In 2017, her brother, Riyaz Chagla, was appointed as a judge in the Bombay High Court. Rohiqa Chagla was present during the appointment ceremony alongside her husband to support her brother.

6. Her grandfather, M.C. Chagla, was not only a former Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court but also a former cabinet minister.

7. In 2012, Cyrus Mistry was appointed chairman of Tata Sons. His surprise resignation in 2016 sparked a dramatic, years-long litigation and boardroom struggle between two of India’s most illustrious corporate families, the Mistrys and Tatas. It was at this point that the Chagla family had gotten legally involved in the boardroom battle between her husband and the Tatas.

8. She had been by his side for about three decades and constantly stood by him through one of his most serious controversial battles with the Tata family.

9. The Mistry family empire – comprising mainly of real estate and its shareholding in the Tata Group- has collectively developed magnificent hotels, stadiums, palaces, and factories throughout Asia. Cyrus Mistry shot to fame after he was named the scion to lead the Tata Group but later this position triggered one of the most talked about corporate rivalries in the country.

10. Mistry’s death is the latest setback for the Mistry family, after Mistry’s father, Pallonji Mistry, died in June.