Inder Malhotra

{{Infobox person

|name = Inder Malhotra

|birth_date=1 February 1930

|death_date=11 June 2016

|occupation=journalist, editor and author

|nationality=Indian

}}

Inder Malhotra (1 February 1930 – 11 June 2016) was an Indian journalist, editor and author.{{cite news|title=Author Bio|url=http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/inder_malhotra/profile.html|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=3 June 2013|location=London|date=22 February 2012}}

Career

Malhotra was the resident editor of The Statesman in New Delhi from 1965 to 1971. He was the India correspondent for The Guardian from 1965–1978, until becoming editor at The Times of India, a position he held from 1978–1986.{{cite web|title=Author Profile|url=http://uplbooks.com.bd/author/inder-malhotra|publisher=The University Press Limited|accessdate=3 June 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003637/http://uplbooks.com.bd/author/inder-malhotra|url-status=dead}} Since 1986 he was a syndicated columnist for numerous dailies and periodicals in India and abroad. In 1991 Malhotra authored a political and personal biography of Indira Gandhi.{{cite news|first=Rukun |last=Advani |title=The private life of Indira Gandhi |date=29 April 2001 |accessdate=2 August 2013 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/29/stories/13290463.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040925034128/http://www.hindu.com/2001/04/29/stories/13290463.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2004 |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Chennai, India}}

Awards

Malhotra received the Ramnath Goenka Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.{{cite news|newspaper=The Indian Express |title=Sixth Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards: The Winners |date=24 July 2013 |accessdate=2 August 2013 |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ramnath-goenka-excellence-in-journalism-awards-the-winners/1145960/}}

Personal life and death

Malhotra was married to Rekha Malhotra, a former classical dancer with the Ram Gopal dance troupe in the 1950s. She died at age 81 in 2007. The couple had one son.{{cite news|title=Inder Malhotra bereaved |date=15 June 2007 |accessdate=2 August 2013 |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/15/stories/2007061505011200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916015736/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/15/stories/2007061505011200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 September 2007 |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Chennai, India}}

The memorial service of Inder Malhotra was held on 14 June 2016 at Chinmaya Mission, New Delhi.{{cite news |title=Memorial Service for Inder Malhotra |date=14 June 2016 |url=http://www.orissabarta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22690:memorial-service-held-for-late-inder-malhotra-&catid=35:top-stories |location=New Delhi, India |access-date=21 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616182141/http://www.orissabarta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22690:memorial-service-held-for-late-inder-malhotra-&catid=35:top-stories |archive-date=16 June 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

References

Category:1930 births

Category:2016 deaths

Category:The Times of India journalists

Category:20th-century Indian journalists

Category:Indian newspaper editors

Category:The Guardian journalists

Category:Indian male journalists