Rajinder Puri

Rajinder Puri
Founder General Secretary of the Janata Party
In office
1977 - 1988
Personal details
Born (1934-09-20)20 September 1934
Karachi
(now in Pakistan)
Died 16 February 2015(2015-02-16) (aged 80)
Delhi, India
Profession Journalist
Cartoonist
Political activist
Website http://rajinderpuri.com/

Rajinder Puri [1] (1934 - 2015), was an Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist and political activist. He was on the staff of The Hindustan Times and The Statesman as a cartoonist and writer. Currently, his column appeared in Outlook magazine.

Puri was born on 20 September 1934 in Karachi, now in Pakistan. He drew cartoons for The Statesman in 1956-57, after which he went to London, where he drew cartoons briefly for The Guardian and The Glasgow Herald (1958–59). He returned to India to become cartoonist for the Hindustan Times from 1959 to 1967. He started working as a columnist and freelancer after this stint. From 1972 to 1977, he was the editor and proprietor of Stir Weekly.[2]

Rajinder Puri moved into politics in 1977, associated first with the Janata Party, then with some of the parties that splintered from the Janata Party. Since 1988 he has not been attached to any political party.[3]

He died in his sleep on 16 February 2015 at the age of 80.[4]


Bibliography

References

  1. Personal Blog Rajinder Puri
  2. India News and Feature Alliance (2003). India who's who. INFA Publications. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. Boloji : Rajinder Puri
  4. Indian Express: Rajinder Puri

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