1951 - 2025
Pritish Nandy Indian Politician
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Details
| First Name |
Pritish
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| Last Name |
Nandy
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| Birthday |
15th January, 1951
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| Birthplace |
Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
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| Died |
8th January, 2025
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Nationality |
Indian
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| Occupation Text |
Poet, Painter, Journalist, Politician
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| Occupation |
Politician
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Pritish Nandy (15 January 1951 – 8 January 2025) was an Indian poet, painter, journalist, parliamentarian, media and television personality, animal activist and maker of films, TV and streaming content. He was a parliamentarian in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra, elected on a ticket from the Shiv Sena. He authored forty books of poetry in English and translated poems by other writers from Bengali, Urdu and Punjabi into English as well as a new version of the Isha Upanishad. Apart from these, he authored books of stories and non fiction as well as three books of translations of classical love poetry from Sanskrit. He was the Publishing Director of The Times of India Group and Editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, The Independent, and Filmfare in the 1980s, all simultaneously. He held six exhibitions of his paintings and calligraphy. He founded Pritish Nandy Communications Ltd, the content company, in 1993. He also founded People for Animals, India's first animal rights NGO which is currently run by co-founder Maneka Gandhi as chairperson.
