BBC's 'voice of India' Mark Tully dies at 90

New Delhi: Veteran BBC correspondent Mark Tully, known to millions as the broadcaster s voice of India for covering defining moments across the subc...

New Delhi: 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.

Born in India in 1935 under British rule, he made the country his home and his career, becoming arguably the best-known foreign correspondent in the country.

"Sir Mark opened India to the world through his reporting, bringing the vibrancy and diversity of the country to audiences in the UK and around the world," BBC News interim chief Jonathan Munro said in a statement.

Tully, who died in New Delhi, covered the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war.

"For generations across our subcontinent, his calm and unmistakable voice was synonymous with news," Hardeep Singh Puri, India's petroleum minister said in a statement, adding he was "deeply saddened".