Internationally acclaimed Indian photographer Raghu Rai, who documented Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971, died on Sunday at the age of 83, his family said.
Born in a village in Pakistani Punjab before the partition of the subcontinent, Rai was trained as a construction engineer but went on to become one of South Asia's most influential photographers.
His work captured defining moments of history, including the 1971 war and the Bhopal gas disaster, one of the world's worst industrial tragedies, reports AFP
Rai received the Padma Shri in 1972, one of India's highest civilian honours, and later won the inaugural Academie des Beaux-Arts Photography Award.
Paying tribute, Indian lawmaker Shashi Tharoor described him as "an incomparable master of photography" whose work captured the spirit of India.
Rai was known for photographing both the country's political elite and ordinary people with equal depth. His body of work includes numerous photo books, notably on the Taj Mahal, as well as intimate portraits of Mother Teresa.
