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| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|09|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Karachi]] <br/ > (now in [[Pakistan]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|02|16|1934|09|20|df=y}}
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| term2 = 1977–1988
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'''Rajinder Puri'''<ref>Personal blog [http://rajinderpuri.wordpress.com/ Rajinder Puri]</ref> (1934–2015), was an Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist and political activist. He was on the staff of The ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' and ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' as a cartoonist and writer. Later, his column appeared in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]''.

Puri was born on 20 September 1934 in [[Karachi]], now in Pakistan. His family settled in Delhi after the [[Partition of India|partition]].<ref name="fl"/> He drew cartoons for ''The Statesman'' in 1956–57, after which he went to London, where he drew cartoons briefly for ''[[The Manchester Guardian]]'' and ''[[The Glasgow Herald]]'' (1958–59). He returned to India to become cartoonist for the ''Hindustan Times'' from 1959 to 1967. He started working as a columnist and freelancer after this stint. From 1972 to 1977, he was the editor and proprietor of ''[[Stir Weekly]]''.<ref name="Alliance2003">{{cite book|author=India News and Feature Alliance|title=India who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIJmAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=9 April 2012|year=2003|publisher=INFA Publications}}</ref>

An early critic of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and a fierce opponent of [[Indira Gandhi]], Puri moved into politics in 1977, becoming the founding General Secretary of the [[Janata Party]]. He was later associated with some of the parties that splintered from the Janata Party: the [[Lok Dal]] and the [[BJP]], but was not attached to any political party after 1988.<ref name="ie">{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/rajinder-puri-ace-cartoonist-and-fierce-critic-of-emergency-passes-away-at-80/ |title=Rajinder Puri, ace cartoonist and fierce critic of Emergency, passes away at 80 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=17 February 2015|accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="fl">{{cite news|url=http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/comic-art-for-serious-people/article8801479.ece |title=Comic art for serious people |newspaper=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|date=22 July 2016|accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref>

Puri died in his sleep on 16 February 2015 at the age of 80.<ref name="ie"/>

==Bibliography==
*''India 1969: a crisis of conscience'' (1971)
*''India, the wasted years: 1969–1975'' (Chetana Publications, 1975)
*''Government that works-- and how!'' (Scan Publishers, 1989)
* ''Recovery of India'' (Har-Anand Publications, 1992)
*''Bull's Eye'' (Hope India Publications, 2004)
*''A tale of two countries: chronicles of a columnist, 2004–2008'' (Har-Anand Publications, 2008)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://archive.is/20130131100942/http://www.outlookindia.com/peoplehome3.aspx?pid=3905 Archive of Rajinder Puri's ''Outlook'' columns]
*[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL701856A/Rajinder_Puri Bibliography at Open Library]
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