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K. Rangaswamy passes away

By Our Special Correspondent

Mumbai Dec.23. K. Rangaswamy, former political correspondent of The Hindu in New Delhi passed away at Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. today. He was 94 and is survived by his wife Shakuntala Rangaswamy, two sons, daughter and grandchildren.

Our Special Correspondent reports from Chennai:

A close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, Rangaswamy joined The Hindu even before Independence and moved from Wardha to New Delhi. He knew all the Congress leaders personally and maintained both a personal and professional relationship with them. He was able to draw on their contact and, at the same time, distance himself as a journalist, according to those who knew him well.

His coverage of the AICC sessions was very well-received and looked forward to by the readers as well as leaders. His weekly column, `A Letter from New Delhi', which appeared on Mondays, was an incisive and analytical piece that posted the readers with the current developments and his insights into them. He travelled extensively, particularly along with Gandhi, and his coverage in November 1946 of the post-riots situation in Naokhali (then East Bengal), was closely followed.

Mr. Rangaswamy was an authority on Kashmir affairs and also reported on the uprising in Burma. He covered the foreign diplomatic tours of Indian leaders. He retired in 1967.

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