New Delhi, Jan 25: Veteran journalist Mark Tully, a chronicler of India and an acclaimed author, passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday after suffering multi-organ failure, hospital authorities said. He was 90.
Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on October 24, 1935, Tully was the chief of bureau for the BBC, New Delhi, for 22 years.
Tully’s work with the BBC was underlined by his coverage of some historic episodes in post-Independence Indian history.
The major events included the Bangladesh war of 1971 to the Emergency of 1975-77, the execution of former Pakistan president Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1979, Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the anti-Sikh riots in 1984, the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, and the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992.
Operation Blue Star and the Punjab problem were the subjects of Tully’s first book, Amritsar: Mrs Gandhi’s Last Battle’ (1985). (PTI)
