NEW DELHI: Notable Indian writer, editor and translator Khushwant Singh died Thursday at the age of 99 at his home in New Delhi, a report published on Indian news website NDTV quoted his son Rahul Singh as saying.

He will be cremated this afternoon.

Singh achieved acclaim for writing classics like “Train to Pakistan”, “I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale” and “Delhi”.

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His autobiography “Truth, Love and a Little Malice" was published by Penguin Books India in 2002.

He was the founder-editor of Yogana while also having remained the editor of three famous Indian publications — The Illustrated Weekly of India, The National Herald and The Hindustan Times.

He was born in Hadali, a Muslim majority village a few miles west of the river Jhelum. He was educated at the St. Stephen's College in Delhi, Government College, Lahore and later at King's College, London.