Tarapada Basu

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Tarapada Basu
Born
India
OccupationJournalist
Known forIndia Weekly
Awards Padma Shri

Tarapada Basu is an Indian journalist and a former president of the Indian Journalists Association of London. [1] Basu, formerly with the now defunct Hindustan Standard of the Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group of Kolkata, founded the India Weekly [2] from London in the 60s,[ citation needed ] operating out of the attic of his London office with two staff.[ citation needed ] He was honoured by the Government of India in 1969, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. [3]

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  1. ↑ "Dadinani". Dadinani. 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "India Weekly". India Weekly. 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.


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