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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian journalist (1954–2024)}}<br />
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{{Infobox journalist<br />
| name = Zafar Agha<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1954}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]], Uttar Pradesh, India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2024|3|22|1954}}<br />
| death_place = Fortis Hospital, [[New Delhi]], India<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Allahabad]]<br />
| occupation = Journalist and columnist<br />
| known_for = Chief Editor of [[Qaumi Awaz]], [[Navjivan]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Zafar Agha''' (1954 {{Ndash}} 2024, {{Langx|ur|ظفر آغا}}) was an Indian journalist and columnist. He was the editor of Urdu Newspaper [[Qaumi Awaz]], [[Navjivan (newspaper)|Navjivan]] and former editor of the [[National Herald]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veteran Journalist Zafar Agha Passes Away |url=https://thewire.in/media/zafar-agha-no-more |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-03-22 |title=Veteran journalist Zafar Agha passes away |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/latest-news/veteran-journalist-zafar-agha-passes-away/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=greaterkashmir.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=Veteran journalist Zafar Agha dies in Delhi hospital |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/veteran-journalist-zafar-agha-dead-9228152/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and background ==<br />
Agha was born in 1954 in [[Allahabad]], attended Yadgar E Hussaini Intermediate College and [[University of Allahabad|Allahabad University]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kidwai |first=Rasheed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3v5sDwAAQBAJ&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PT239 |title=Neta–Abhineta: Bollywood Star Power in Indian Politics |date=2018-09-05 |publisher=Hachette India |isbn=978-93-5009-803-5 |language=en}}</ref> While studying English literature, he became involved in the progressive student movement at Allahabad University.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vohra |first=Ranbir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3oXLluy2m_MC&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PA308 |title=The Making of India: A Political History |date=2012-12-19 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=978-0-7656-2985-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nagel |first=Stuart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOyYDwAAQBAJ&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PA215 |title=Handbook of Global Economic Policy |date=2019-02-21 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4822-8992-3 |language=en}}</ref> He maintained his allegiance to left and democratic politics for the rest of his life.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first=|date=2024-03-22 |title=Editor-in-chief of National Herald Zafar Agha passes away at 70 |url=https://madhyamamonline.com/india/editor-in-chief-of-national-herald-zafar-agha-passes-away-at-70-1270365 |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=madhyamamonline.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hasan |first=Zoya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RBl2EAAAQBAJ&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PA148 |title=Ideology and Organization in Indian Politics: Growing Polarization and the Decline of the Congress Party (2009–19) |date=2022-06-20 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-267818-8 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=RAO |first=PRAHALAD |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wLLSEAAAQBAJ&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PA325 |title=TRUTH ABOUT THE SECURITIES SCAM 1992 |date=2023-08-24 |publisher=Blue Rose Publishers |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sitapati |first=Vinay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R2yCDAAAQBAJ&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PT310 |title=Half – Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India |date=2016-06-27 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-86057-72-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bhushan |first1=K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CC_UokYgZaQC&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PA115 |title=Lal Krishna Advani: Deputy Prime Minister |last2=Katyal |first2=G. |date=2002 |publisher=APH Publishing |isbn=978-81-7648-392-6 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Zafar Agha embarked on his journalism journey in 1979 with the Link magazine, dedicating over 45 years to the profession. Throughout his career, he contributed to publications such as the Patriot and the Business and Political Observer, served as political editor at [[India Today]], and worked with [[ETV Network|ETV]] and the [[The Inquilab|Inquilab Daily]]. Agha's last role was with the [[National Herald|National Herald group]], initially as the editor of the [[Qaumi Awaz]] and subsequently as the editor-in-chief of the National Herald.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pti |url=https://www.ptinews.com/story/national/veteran-journalist-zafar-agha-dies-in-delhi-hospital/1375628 |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=www.ptinews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Yog |first=Sri Purushottam Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VljHEAAAQBAJ&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PA418 |title=Writings of Sri Purushottam Singh Yog Volume-11: ESSAYS AND A STORY, SHARIAT AND WE, DECLINE AND FALL OF HINDUISM, BLUE PRINT. |date=2023-06-27 |publisher=Booksclinic Publishing |isbn=978-93-5535-733-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ansari |first1=Yusuf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8sEVs56A6CQC&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PA119 |title=Triumph of Will, Sonia Gandhi |last2=Ansari |first2=Yusuf Ahmad |date=2006 |publisher=Tara-India Research Press |isbn=978-81-87943-93-8 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Furthermore, Agha actively participated in the Delhi Union of Journalists and held positions as a member and later as the officiating chairman of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions until 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-22 |title=Senior journalist Zafar Agha passes away in Delhi |url=https://muslimmirror.com/eng/senior-journalist-zafar-agha-passes-away-in-delhi/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Muslim Mirror |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Lahiri |first=Ashok |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NS6iEAAAQBAJ&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PT592 |title=India in Search of Glory: Political Calculus and Economy |date=2023-01-23 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5492-837-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sitapati |first=Vinay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUxUDwAAQBAJ&dq=zafar+agha&pg=PA355 |title=The Man who Remade India: A Biography of P.V. Narasimha Rao |date=2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-069285-8 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Agha died in New Delhi on Friday morning, 22 March 2024, in Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, of a cardiac arrest.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=N. H. |date=2024-03-22 |title=Zafar Agha (1954–2024), upright and outspoken, journalist and gentleman, passes away |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/obituary/upright-and-outspoken-journalist-and-gentleman-zafar-agha-1954-2024-passes-away |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=National Herald |language=en}}</ref><br />
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