India, March 4 -- H K Dua, a former editor-in-chief of Hindustan Times passed away on Wednesday. He was 88.

Dua was the only editor of his generation, and perhaps any, to head four major newspapers at different times - Indian Express, HT, Times of India and, most recently in the 2000s, Tribune. He was also media advisor to two Prime Ministers, A B Vajpayee and H D Deve Gowda and served as India's ambassador to Denmark between 2001 and 2003.

Dua was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by the Manmohan Singh government in 2009.

A man of sharp political insight, Dua served as the editor of The Hindustan Times between 1987 and 94. He also served as the Editor-in-Chief of The Indian Express (1994-96), The Tribune (2003-09) and as the Editorial Advi...