Kuldip Nayar Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Kuldip Nayar
Profession(s)	Journalist, Diplomat, Columnist, Author
Physical Stats & More
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	White
Personal Life
Date of Birth	14 August 1923
Birthplace	Sialkot, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Date of Death	23 August 2018
Place of Death	New Delhi, India
Age (at the time of death)	95 Years
Death Cause	Pneumonia
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Leo
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
School	Not Known
College(s)/University	• Forman Christian College Lahore, Pakistan • Law College Lahore, Pakistan • Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois, United States)
Educational Qualification(s)	• B.A. (Hons.) from Forman Christian College Lahore, Pakistan • L.L.B. from Law College Lahore, Pakistan • Studied Journalism from Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois, United States) in 1952
Hobbies	Reading, Writing
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• Alumni Merit Award by Northwestern University (1999) • Astor Award for Press Freedom (2003) • Shaheed Niyogi Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Jounalism (2007) • Ramnath Goenka Memorial Award For Lifetime Achievement In Journalism (2015)
Girls, Affairs, and More
Marital Status	Married
Family
Wife/Spouse	Bharti Sachar
Children	Son(s)- Rajiv Nayar (Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court) Sudhir Nayar Daughter- None
Parents	Father- Gurbaksh Singh Nayar Mother- Pooran Devi Nayar
Siblings	Not Known
Favourite Things
Favourite Fruit	Mango
Favourite Leader	Jawaharlal Nehru

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kuldip Nayar

He was born in Sialkot, Punjab (Pakistan) in 1924, and located to India on 14 August 1947 after India’s Partition.

He began his career as a press reporter with an Urdu Press.

Then, he worked as an editor for ‘The Statesman;’ its Delhi edition.

He was one of the journalists who was put in jail during the Indian Emergency (1975-1977). Here is a video of his experience in the jail:

In 1990, he was appointed as the High Commissioner to Great Britain.

Kuldip Nayar was also a peace activist and a human right activist. In 1996, he became the part of India’s delegation to the United Nations.

In August 1997, he was nominated as a Rajya Sabha member in the Indian Parliament.

He wrote op-eds (opinion editorials) and columns for almost 80 newspapers such as Deccan Herald (Bengaluru), The News, The Daily Star, The Statesman, Dawn (Pakistan), The Sunday Guardian, PrabhaSakshi, The Express Tribune (Pakistan), and others in almost 14 languages.

During his long career, he also worked as a Press Information Officer to the former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and the veteran Congress leader and the former Union Home Minister Govind Ballabh Pant.

He has written 15 books in his career including Between the Lines, India after Nehru, Beyond the Lines, The Judgement, India- Pakistan Relationship, Distant Neighbours: A Tale of the Subcontinent, Scoop, Wall at Wagah, India House, and The Martyr.

An award by his name ‘Kuldip Nayar Journalism Award’ has been set up. The award is to honour people who are serving in vernacular media or have played an outstanding role in the Journalism. Ravish Kumar from NDTV is the first journalist who was honoured with this award on 19 March 2017.

Here is a conversation with Kuldip Nayar on his life journey: