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B'day Spl: Mark Tully, veteran BBC journalist, turns 79

New Delhi: October 24 is the birthday of veteran journalist and Padma Bhushan awardee Mark Tully. He was born on October 24, 1935 at Regent Park in the Tollygunj area in undivided 24-Parganas district in

India TV News Desk Published : Oct 23, 2014 14:45 IST, Updated : Oct 24, 2014 11:24 IST

Mark Tully

His next book ‘Raj to Rajiv: 40 Years of Indian Independence' was co-authored with Zareer Masani and was based on a BBC radio series of the same name. The book was, in the US, was published under the title ‘India: Forty Years of Independence'.

In 1988, ‘No Full Stops in India', a collection of journalistic essays, was published in the US.

‘The Heart of India', Tully's only work of fiction, was published in 1995.

Tully wrote ‘India's Unending Journey' in 2008 and ‘India: The Road Ahead' in 2011 - published in India under the title ‘Non-Stop India'.

Mark Tully

He authored ‘An Investigation into The Lives of Jesus' in 1996 to accompany the BBC series of the same name, and Mother in 1992 on Mother Teresa.

In November last year, Tully received his birth certificate from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, 78 years after his birth. He needed it to apply for the Overseas Citizen of India status.

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