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New Delhi, 25 January. Renowned journalist and writer Mark Tully died on Sunday in a private hospital in the national capital. He was 90 years old. This information was shared by one of his close friends. Senior journalist and close friend of Tully, Satish Jacob, said, ‘Mark died on Sunday afternoon at Max Hospital in Saket.’

for about 22 years Was the New Delhi Bureau Chief of BBC

Mark Tully, who has won many national and international awards for his journalism, was the New Delhi bureau chief of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for almost 22 years. Mark Tully was unwell for the last several months and was admitted to Max Hospital in Saket, South Delhi for the last one week. Max Hospital said in a statement, ‘William Mark Tully passed away at 2.35 pm on January 25, 2026. The cause of his death was multi-organ failure after stroke.

Born on October 24, 1935 in Kolkata (then Calcutta), Mark Tully was the New Delhi bureau chief of the BBC for 22 years. Mark Tully was also a distinguished author and presenter of the popular BBC Radio 4 program Something Understood.

Mark Tully attended a British boarding school in Darjeeling at the age of four and went to England for further studies at the age of nine. He attended Twyford School in Hampshire, Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he studied Theology. After his education at Cambridge, Mark Tully aspired to become a clergyman in the Church of England, but abandoned the idea after two terms at Lincoln Theological College.

for 30 years BBC stay connected with

Mark Tully worked with the BBC for 30 years before resigning in July, 1994. He was the BBC’s India correspondent during the India-Pakistan war of 1971, which led to the formation of Bangladesh. As a BBC correspondent, he covered all major events in India, including the India-Pakistan conflict, the Bhopal gas tragedy, Operation Blue Star and the subsequent assassination of Indira Gandhi, the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and the demolition of the Babri Masjid.

Mark Tully was awarded Padma Bhushan

Tully was banned from visiting India in 1975–77, when Indira Gandhi imposed censorship restrictions on the press during the Emergency. He married Margaret in 2001, with whom he had four children, in London. He lived in India with his girlfriend Jillian Wright. Mark Tully was honored with a knighthood in 2002 while the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan in 2005.

Many popular books written on India

Mark Tully had closely studied the life and society of the people in India and wrote many famous books on India, including ‘No Full Stops in India’, ‘India in Slow Motion’, ‘The Heart of India’, Amritsar: Mrs. Gandhi’s Last Battle (1985), India’s Unending Journey (2008) and The Road Ahead (2011). His latest book, Upcountry Tales: Once Upon a Time in the Heart of India (2017), is a collection of stories from rural North India.