Jagdish Rai Tantia, the founder of the Tantia Group, died at 86. He was cremated at Padampur Road Kalyan Bhoomi where his son Anil Tantia lit the fire.

Jagdish Rai Tantia was father of Late Dr. Shyam Sunder Tantia and Anil Tantia and grandfather of Psychiatrist Dr. Vishu Tantia, Oncologist Dr. Pankaj Tantia, Surgeon Dr. Raghav Tantia and Dr. Mohit Tantia.

State Congress Committee member Vikas Gaur, senior leader Ashok Chandak, former President of Improvement Trust Sanjay Mahipal, DSP of ACB Ved Prakash Lakhotia, President of Samyukta Beopar Mandal Tarsem Gupta, President of District Trade Association Vipin Aggarwal, Sriganganagar-Hanumangarh District Trade Association President Hanuman Goel, Bar Association President Sitaram Bishnoi, Manokamna Siddhi Ganesh Mandir President Shyam Jain, Shri Gaushala President Ramesh Khadaria, Mahavir International President Virendra Vaid, Aggarwal Sadan President Prem Garg, Ekta Manch President Ravindra Leela, President of Rashtriya Kala Mandir Nirmal Jain, President of Rotary East Chandresh Goyal, Chaitanya Jain of Bhartiya Jain Sangathan, Sanjay Gupta, former District Governor of Rotary Club, KS Sukhdev Executive Director of Tantia University, Director Dr. Praveen Sharma, Registrar Dr. Vinod Sharma, Controller of Examinations Dr. Rajendra Godara, Director of Admissions Dr. Mukesh Goyal, CAFO Harpal Singh, Dr. Jagjeev Sharma, Dean of Tantia Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Baljit Singh Kuldia, Chief Administrative Officer of Jan Seva Hospital, General Manager Dr. Vikas Sachdeva and many others were present at the cremation ground.