Marutirao Tandle passes away
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The Hindu, for over 40 years, died in Bidar on Monday. He was 80.
He died in the Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital after a few days of sickness. He was fit and lean and was working till the last week.
Deputy Commissioner R. Ramachandran had visited him in hospital on Sunday.
His love for photography was so deep that he rejected offers of a government job in Hyderabad. He began as an apprentice with a studio and soon began covering news events in Bidar district, Hyderabad and parts of Telangana bordering Karnataka. He had taken pictures of all Prime Ministers from Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi. His son Gopichand Tandle is an acclaimed photo journalist and a wild life photographer.