Kuldip Nayar
Kuldip Nayar | |
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Nayar in 2012 | |
| Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) | |
| In office 1997–2003 | |
| Constituency | Rajya Sabha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1923 Sialkot, Punjab, British India (now Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Died | 23 August 2018 (aged 95) New Delhi, India |
| Education | Medill School of Journalism |
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| Awards | Padma 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.