Mark Tully: BBC broadcaster who was the world’s window on India for decades

There was never any question that Mark Tully loved India and was devoted to the country. His affection was deep-rooted and sometimes joyously unbuttoned. In 1983, when India won the World Cup for the first time, Tully was coming to visit his close friend and BBC colleague Satish Jacob in Old Delhi. The streets were jammed with people celebrating, and Jacob suddenly spied Tully running down the road, shouting triumphantly, “Hum World Cup jeet gaya! Hum sala world jeet gaya!” He then plunged into the crowd, dancing with a whisky bottle in one hand. As Jacob recalled with affection, “He then came in, and we finished the bottle.”