Kuldip Nayar

Kuldip Nayar
Nayar in 2012
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)[1]
In office 1997–2003
Constituency	Rajya Sabha
Personal details
Born	(1923-08-14)14 August 1923 Sialkot, Punjab, British India (now Punjab, Pakistan)
Died	23 August 2018(2018-08-23) (aged 95) New Delhi, India
Education	Medill School of Journalism
Occupation	Diplomat journalist author parliamentarian activist
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.^[2]