Noted writer and journalist Khushwant Singh is no more. India’s best known raconteurs, he was known for his wit and liberal political views.
His son Rahul Singh said he passed away peacefully at his home in Sujan Singh Park, Delhi. He will be cremated this afternoon at Lodhi crematorium. He died at he age of 99.
As a journalist he had edited the now defunct Illustrated Weekly of India and later he joined Hindustan Times. Singh was nominated to Rajya Sabha by the government under late Indira Gandhi. He was a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 1986. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 but returned the decoration in 1984 in protest against the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Army. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan.
News of his death set off a frenzy of condolences messages on social media.
