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- Birth nameWilliam Mark Tully
- Mark Tully was born on October 24, 1935 in Calcutta, India. He was a writer, known for Great Railway Journeys (1994), Mark Tully's Faces of India (1997) and Kumbh Mela: Songs of the River (2004). He was married to Margaret. He died on January 25, 2026 in New Delhi, India.
- SpouseMargaret(1960 - ?) (divorced, 4 children)
- BBC India Correspondent 1972-1993
- He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2002 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to journalism.
- Brought up with an English nanny who once chided him for learning to count by copying the family's driver.
- Studied history and theology at Cambridge and then headed to theological college with the aim of being ordained as a clergyman which didn't happen in the end.
- Partner was Gillian Wright.
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