Tarapada Basu

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Tarapada Basu
Born
India
OccupationJournalist
Known forIndia Weekly
AwardsPadma 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. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

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