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Mark Tully, the BBC's 'voice of India', dies aged 90
- On Sunday, Sir Mark Tully died aged 90 at Max Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, after being admitted on January 21.
- After joining the BBC, Sir Mark Tully became the organisation's key South Asia correspondent and served as India correspondent and Delhi bureau chief for more than 20 years.
- Recognition followed Sir Mark Tully's reporting, including a knighthood and India's top civilian awards, as he covered Operation Blue Star, Indira Gandhi's assassination, Bangladesh's birth, the Bhopal gas tragedy, and wrote acclaimed books.
- His calm, measured delivery made him a trusted interpreter of South Asia, and Tully continued to broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Something Understood while writing books for listeners across India, Pakistan and the broader region.
- Tully faced direct danger in Ayodhya and survived a forced evacuation after a mob chanted `Death to Mark Tully`; he was expelled during the Emergency on 24 hours' notice but returned 18 months later.
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Veteran BBC journalist Mark Tully dies
Veteran BBC correspondent Mark Tully, known to millions as the broadcaster's "voice of India" for covering defining moments across the subcontinent, died in New Delhi on Sunday aged 90, the BBC said. Born in India in 1935 under British India, he made the country his home and his career, becoming arguably the best-known foreign correspondent in the country. "Kolkata-born Tully reported on some of the most defining moments in the region's history,…
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