Sir Mark Tully, the BBC's renowned correspondent often hailed as the "voice of India," and a veteran journalist who reported on key events across South Asia including the liberation of Bangladesh has passed away at the age of 90, reports UNB.
Tully's distinctive and warm voice became familiar to millions of BBC listeners in Britain and around the world. Over decades, he covered some of the region's most defining events, from war and famine to riots and political upheavals, including the Bhopal gas disaster, the storming of the Sikh Golden Temple, and Bangladesh's struggle for independence in 1971.
He also witnessed moments of extreme danger, such as in Ayodhya in 1992, when a crowd of Hindu hardliners demolished an ancient mosque. Trapped and threatened by the mob chanting "Death to Mark Tully," he was locked in a room for hours before being rescued by local officials and a Hindu priest. Reflecting years later, he described the incident as the "gravest setback" to secularism in India since independence.
BBC journalist Mark Tully who chronicled Bangladesh's birth dies
FE Team | Published: January 26, 2026 00:15:53
BBC journalist Mark Tully who chronicled Bangladesh's birth dies
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