Sir Mark Tully, the former BBC journalist who headed its India bureau for 22 years, died in New Delhi. He reported on major events including the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, the Emergency of 1975 and Operation Blue Star in 1984. He wrote several books about India, among them The Heart of India and India's Unending Journey. He was knighted in 2002 and received the Padma Bhushan in 2005.