Mark Tully. Photo: CollectedNEW DELHI, Jan 25, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Veteran BBC correspondent Mark Tully, known to millions as the broadcaster's "voice of India" for covering defining moments across the subcontinent, died on Sunday aged 90, the BBC said. Tully, who died in New Delhi, covered the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war and the demolition of the Mughal-era Babri mosque in Uttar Pradesh in 1992. Tully was awarded the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan, among India's highest civilian honours, and rarely bestowed on foreigners. Britain also knighted him for his services to broadcasting and journalism in 2002 - a recognition Tully would later describe as "an honour to India".
