Ved Pratap Vaidik

{{Short description|Indian writer (1944–2023)}}

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| name = Ved Pratap Vaidik

| image = Dr. Ved Pratap Vaidik.JPG

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| caption = Vaidik speaking at a function

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1944|12|30}}

| birth_place = Indore, Central India Agency, British Raj

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2023|3|14|1944|12|30}}

| death_place = Gurugram, Haryana, India

| occupation = Journalist, political analyst

| nationality = Indian

| citizenship =

| education = M.A., Ph.D.

| alma_mater = Jawaharlal Nehru University

| period = From 1971 till 2023

| genre = Prose

| subject = International politics

| movement = Satyagraha for implementation of Hindi

| notableworks = Ethnic Crisis in Sri Lanka : India’s Options

Soviet-American Rivalry in Afghanistan

Hindi Journalism : Various Dimensions

Indian Foreign Policy : New Pointers

Bhartiya Bhashayen Lao : Kyon Aur Kaise?

Hindi Ka Sampurna Samachar Patra Kaisa Ho?

Vartmaan Bharat, Afghanistan : Kal

Aaj aur Kal and Mahashakti Bharat.

| spouse = Dr. Vedwati Vaidik

| children = One son and one daughter

| awards = Ramdhari Singh Dinkar award,
Hindi Academy Delhi award,
Ram Manohar Lohia award.

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| website = {{URL|drvaidik.in}}

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Ved Pratap Vaidik ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɛ|d|ɪ|k}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI46ljyn75U|title=The Newshour Debate: Ved Pratap Vaidik Faces Arnab Goswami|website=YouTube |accessdate=8 February 2019}} {{respell|VED|ik}}) ({{langx|hi|वेद प्रताप वैदिक}}; 30 December 1944 – 14 March 2023) was an Indian journalist, political analyst, and freelance columnist. He worked with the Press Trust of India, and was the founder and editor of its Hindi news agency "Bhasha". Before that he was the editor for views for the Navbharat Times of the Times Group. Later he was the chairman of Bhartiya Bhasha Sammelan.{{cite web|title=Profile of Dr. Ved Pratap Vaidik|url=http://www.drvaidik.in/about|website=www.drvaidik.in|accessdate=14 July 2014}} He was born in Indore on 30 December 1944, and died in Gurugram, Haryana on 14 March 2023, at age 78.{{cite news |title=Senior journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik dies at 78 after fainting at his Gurugram house. At International stage in Dubai, the last lecture on significance of Hindi was narrated by Dr Vedic in the auditorium of Consulate General of India on the occasion of world Hindi day in January 2023, coordinated by his young disciple Dr Sahitya K. Chaturvedi.|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/senior-journalist-ved-pratap-vaidik-dies-at-78-after-fainting-at-his-gurugram-house-487971 |access-date=14 March 2023 |work=The Tribune |date=14 March 2023}}