Kuldip Nayar

Kuldip Nayar
Nayar in 2012
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)[1]
In office
1997–2003
ConstituencyRajya Sabha
Personal details
Born(1923-08-14)14 August 1923
Sialkot, Punjab, British India
(now Punjab, Pakistan)
Died23 August 2018(2018-08-23) (aged 95)
New Delhi, India
EducationMedill School of Journalism
Occupation
  • Diplomat
  • journalist
  • author
  • parliamentarian
  • activist
AwardsPadma Bhushan (2019; posthumously)

Kuldip Nayar (14 August 1923 – 23 August 2018) was an Indian journalist, syndicated columnist, human rights activist, author and former High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom noted for his long career as a left-wing political commentator. He was also nominated as a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament in 1997.[2]

  1. ^ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952–2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Kuldip Nayar, former Editor of The Indian Express, dies at 95". Indian Express. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.