Thursday, August 23

Kuldeep Nayyar passed away at 95

Veteran Journalist Kuldeep Nayar is no more 

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वरिष्ठ पत्रकार कुलदीप नैयर का 95 साल की उम्र में निधन


Kuldeep Nayyar passed away at 12:30 AM on August 23. He will be cremated in Lodhi Ghaat at 1 PM. He was admitted in an ICU of a Delhi hospital from past 3 days.

Nayar was initially an Urdu press reporter. He was editor of Delhi edition of English newspaper The Statesman and was arrested towards the end of the Indian Emergency (1975-77). 

He was also a human right activist and a peace activist. He was a member of India's delegation to the United Nations in 1996. He was appointed High Commissioner to Great Britain in 1990 and nominated to the upper house of Indian ParliamentRajya Sabha in August 1997

Nayar is also the author of 15 books, including Beyond the LinesDistant Neighbours: A Tale of the SubcontinentIndia after NehruWall at Wagah, India-Pakistan RelationshipThe JudgementThe MartyrScoop and India House.

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