Kuldip Nayar Age, Wiki and Bio

Quick Info

Profession	Journalist, Diplomat, Columnist, Author
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	14/08/1923
Age	101 years
Birthplace	Sialkot, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan)

Physical Stats & More

Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	White

Educational Qualification(s)

College(s)/University	Forman Christian College Lahore, Pakistan Law College Lahore, Pakistan Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois, United States)
Degree(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

Personal Life

Hobbies	Reading Writing

Relationships & More

Marital Status	Married

Family

Father

Gurbaksh Singh Nayar

Mother

Pooran Devi Nayar

Spouse

Bharti Sachar

Children

Son(s)	Rajiv Nayar (Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court) Sudhir Nayar
Daughter	None

Career

Notable Works	Alumni Merit Award by Northwestern University (1999) Astor Award for Press Freedom (2003) Shaheed Niyogi Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism (2007) Ramnath Goenka Memorial Award For Lifetime Achievement In Journalism (2015)
Work History	Press reporter with an Urdu Press Editor for ‘The Statesman;’ Delhi edition High Commissioner to Great Britain (1990) Rajya Sabha member in the Indian Parliament (1997)

Favourites

Favourite Fruit	Mango
Favourite Leader	Jawaharlal Nehru

Some Lesser Known Facts

He relocated to India on August 14, 1947 after India’s Partition.
He was imprisoned during the Indian Emergency from 1975 to 1977.
He was designated the High Commissioner to Great Britain in 1990.
He was known as a peace activist and a human rights advocate.
He contributed articles to nearly 80 newspapers in about 14 languages.
He served as a Press Information Officer to Lal Bahadur Shastri and Govind Ballabh Pant.
He penned 15 books throughout his career.
The 'Kuldip Nayar Journalism Award' was established in his honor.