Mahendra Kaul, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mahendra Kaul

presenter of television programmes for the BBC Asian Unit (1922-2018)

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1922

Place of Birth: Kashmir, Pakistan

Date of Death: 11-Jul-2018

Profession: journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Mahendra Nath Kaul (28 July 1922 - 11 July 2018) was an Indian-born British television presenter for the BBC Asian Unit.Kaul was born in Srinagar, Kashmir in northern India.
He was a presenter for Radio Kashmir from 1948 and then the All India Radio.
He became a presenter for Voice of America in Washington DC, and also wrote India-related speeches for Richard Nixon.
He moved to the UK as a non-resident Indian (NRI) in 1961 to work for the BBC.
He presented the programme Apna Hi Ghar Samajhiye ("Make Yourself At Home") and then Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan ("New Life New Way", in both Hindi and Urdu, respectively), which ran for fourteen years, from 1968 to 1982.
Many immigrants to the United Kingdom of South Asian heritage primarily spoke other languages, such as Punjabi, Gujarati or Bengali, but the programmes were presented in a mix of simple Hindi and simple Urdu, dubbed Hindustani, which it was hoped would be widely understood.Kaul was honoured an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1975 Birthday Honours, for services to race relations.
He also received the Commonwealth Green Pennant from the Duke of Edinburgh. He was the Chairman of India's Restaurants Limited in London, and opened the United Kingdom's first tandoori restaurant, Gaylord on Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia.He died a few weeks before his 96th birthday.
He was survived by his wife Rajini, and their daughter, the barrister and judge Kalyani Kaul QC.