Veteran Journalist Kuldeep Nayar is no more
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 Parliament, Rajya Sabha in August 1997
Nayar is also the author of 15 books, including Beyond the Lines, Distant Neighbours: A Tale of the Subcontinent, India after Nehru, Wall at Wagah, India-Pakistan Relationship, The Judgement, The Martyr, Scoop and India House.
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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 Parliament, Rajya Sabha in August 1997
Nayar is also the author of 15 books, including Beyond the Lines, Distant Neighbours: A Tale of the Subcontinent, India after Nehru, Wall at Wagah, India-Pakistan Relationship, The Judgement, The Martyr, Scoop and India House.
#RIPKuldeepNayyar
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