Jagdish Tytler: Difference between revisions

| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1944|01|11|df=y}}

| birth_place  = [[Gujranwala]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] (now in [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])

'''Jagdish Tytler''' (born '''Jagdish Kapoor'''; 11 January 1944) is an Indian politician and former [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]]. He has held several government positions, the last being as Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs, a post from which he resigned after publication of a report by an official commission of inquiry, known as the [[Nanavati Commission]]. The commission had noted that he "very probably" had a hand in organising attacks on the [[Sikh]] community in Delhi after Sikh bodyguards assassinated the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Indira Gandhi]], during the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]]. He has not been charged with any crimes related to those riots.

== Early days ==  

Tytler was born on 11 January 1944 as Jagdish Kapoor to a Hindu father and Sikh mother in the [[Punjab]]i family of [[Gujranwala]] in [[British India]].<ref name="Bartrop">{{cite book |author1=Bartrop, Paul R. |author-link1=Paul R. Bartrop |title=A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide: Portraits of Evil and Good |date=2012 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=978-0313386787 |page=318 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55NPpA6EvyMC&pg=PA318 |access-date=2 July 2019 |quote=Jagdish Tytler is a former Indian federal minister accused in several official commissions with responsibility for facilitating murderous anti-Sikh riots and massacres in 1984 but subsequently cleared by police. He was born in January 11, 1944, as Jagdish Kapoor, in the city of Gujranwala, Punjab, to a Hindu father and a Sikh mother.}}</ref> He was brought up by the educationist [[James Douglas Tytler]], the founder of many public schools including the [[Delhi Public School Society|Delhi Public School]] and the [[Summer Fields School New Delhi|Summer Fields School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=1971 |title=Bio-Data of Jagdish Singh Tytler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040628073826/http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=1971 |archive-date=2004-06-28 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |date=14 July 2004}}</ref> In 2011, his entry into the [[Jagannath Temple, Puri|Jagannath Temple]] at [[Puri]], which is reserved only for Hindus, caused questions about his religion, to be raised in the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/ruckus-in-orissa-assembly-over-tytler-s-jagannath-temple-visit-94812 |title=Ruckus in Orissa assembly over Tytler's Jagannath Temple visit |work=NDTV |agency=PTI |date=28 March 2011 |access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref> Tytler denied having converted to Christianity, and stated that he had changed his name to show his gratitude towards James Douglas Tytler, who had brought him up.<ref name=telegraph12>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/odisha/jagdish-tytler-clarifies-bjd-cries-riots-politics-over-temple-trip-takes-centre-stage-as-congress-leader-is-back-in-state/cid/420772|title=Jagdish Tytler clarifies, BJD cries riots - Politics over temple trip takes centre stage as Congress leader is back in state|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

==1984 anti-Sikh riots==

In 2019, Tytler said of the controversy surrounding the anti-Sikh riot accusations that {{quote|I do not understand why is this controversy. There were 5,000 people at the function, I was one of them. There is no [[First information report|FIR]] against me. CBI cleared me three times in its inquiry. You should ask the BJP if there is any FIR against me.<ref name="statement_FIR">{{cite news |title=Sheila Dikshit backs Jagdish Tytler's presence at her charge taking ceremony amid attacks by AAP, BJP |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/dikshit-backs-tytlers-presence-at-her-charge-taking-ceremony-amid-attacks-by-aap-bjp/articleshow/67559960.cms |access-date=16 January 2019 |work=The Times of India |date=16 January 2019}}</ref> }}

In 2004, lawyer [[H. S. Phoolka]] filed a case in the [[Ludhiana]] court against Tytler, accusing Tytler of defaming him during a television programme in the same year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tytler granted bail in defamation case |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/tytler-granted-bail-in-defamation-case-44775-2009-04-18 |access-date=17 January 2019 |work=India Today |date=18 April 2009}}</ref> Tytler had claimed that Phoolka is making money by blackmailing people.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/court-frames-charges-against-tytler/article6953102.ece, Court frames charges against Tytler, The Hindu, march 3, 2015]</ref> In 2014, Phoolka declined an "unconditional apology" from Tytler as a proposed settlement.<ref>{{cite news |title=Defamation case: Jagdish Tytler offers apology, H S Phoolka refuses |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/defamation-case-jagdish-tytler-offers-apology-h-s-phoolka-refuses/articleshow/37647299.cms |access-date=17 January 2019 |work=The Economic Times |date=2 July 2014}}</ref> The court framed charges against Tytler in 2015. As of July 2018, no verdict had been reached.<ref>{{cite news |title=Defamation case: Jagdish Tytler withdraws plea in HC |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/defamation-case-jagdish-tytler-withdraws-plea-in-hc-118071201098_1.html |access-date=17 January 2019 |work=Business Standard |date=12 July 2018}}</ref>

CBI filed its third closure report in 2014 (earlier closure reports were filed in 2007 and 2009).<ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/security-of-witness-against-tytler-reinstated-128019 Security of witness against Tytler reinstated, Tribune India, Aug 19, 2020]</ref> However Delhi’s Karkardooma courts rejected the third CBI closure report on December 4, 2015, due to protest petition by Lakhwinder Kaur, and asked the CBI to continue its probe.

In 2016, CBI questions Tytler for 4 hours. <ref>[https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/cbi-examines-jagdish-tytler-in-connection-with-1984-anti-sikh-riots/961095 CBI Examines Jagdish Tytler In Connection With 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, Outlook India, Nov 22, 2016]</ref>

===Advocate HS Phoolka's resolve===  

=== Personal Life ===

He is married to Jennifer, daughter of a Scottish mother and an Irish father, born in Delhi, who is the principal of the J D Tytler School. They have a son, Siddhartha and a daughter. <ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/support-system/cid/1542410  Support system,  Telegrph,  01.04.06]</ref> His son Siddhartha is a fashion designer.<ref>[https://thedailyguardian.com/i-have-a-much-bolder-stronger-woman-with-more-adventurous-mentally-designer-siddartha-tytler/ I have a much bolder, stronger woman with more adventurous mentally: Designer Siddartha Tytler, The Daily Guardian,  August 12, 2021]</ref>

Jagdish Tytler was raised by a Christian minister, however he identifies himself as a Hindu. In 2011 he visit to the Jagannath Puri temple created a controversy because non-Hindus are prohibited from entering the temple.  Tytler claimed that he is a Hindu and had visited the Puri temple four times in the past.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/i-am-a-hindu-roars-tytler/articleshow/7820228.cms I am a Hindu, roars Tytler, Siraj Muhammad, March 20, 2011]</ref>

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