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Mihir Bose

Born

in Bombay, India

January 12, 1947

Website

http://www.mihirbose.com/

Genre

Sports, Nonfiction, Biography

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About Mihir Bose
Award-winning journalist and author Mihir Bose writes and broadcasts on social and historical issues and sport for outlets including the BBC, the Guardian, Financial Times, Evening Standard and Irish Times.
He has written more than fifty books on sport, including football and cricket, and history, such as Bollywood, India and the extraordinary WW2 quintuple agent Silver. The subjects of his many biographies include Michael Grade, Moeen Ali and the Indian nationalist Subhas Bose (no relation).
Mihir was the BBC’s first sports editor and first non-white editor. He was chief sports news correspondent at the Daily Telegraph and worked for the Sunday Times for 20 years.
His honorary doctorate from Loughborough University was awarded ...more

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In their first podcast of 2023 the Three Old Hacks on the state of the nation and the next election

Episode 29: Listen to it here The Three Old Hacks discuss the Christmas books they were given and are now reading, the state of the nation and whether they should have a flutter on the next election

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Average rating: 3.65 · 613 ratings · 73 reviews · 50 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Indian Spy: The True Story of the Most Remarkable Secret Agent of World War II 3.62 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Game Changer: How the English Premier League Came to Dominate the World 3.37 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bollywood: A History 3.36 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nine Waves: The Extraordinary Story of Indian Cricket 4.05 avg rating — 55 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Indian Cricket by Mihir Bose, Sunil Gavaskar (Foreword) 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Hero: A Biography of Subhas Bose 3.90 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silver: The Spy Who Fooled the Nazis 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spirit of the Game. 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic of Indian Cricket really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Maidan View 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Pakistan, unlike India, had not been keen on voting for South Africa’s return. To make sure Pakistan was happy Bacher suggested they have a Muslim in his party, so Sonn was added. But with Bacher being Jewish, he was described as ‘a Turkish gynaecologist’.”
― Mihir Bose, The Nine Waves: The Extraordinary Story of Indian Cricket

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“Papu Sanzgiri asked him, ‘Who is going to break Brian Lara’s 400?’ Sehwag said, ‘Please tell Sachin to do it. I cannot bat for two days. I can only bat for a day and a half.”
― Mihir Bose, The Nine Waves: The Extraordinary Story of Indian Cricket

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“the common assumption was the sports boycott of South Africa would not be lifted until South Africa became a normal society and had one person, one vote. Now it was clear Mandela was going to use sport to make South Africa normal, to achieve his great dream of a rainbow country.”
― Mihir Bose, The Nine Waves: The Extraordinary Story of Indian Cricket

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In their first podcast of 2023 the Three Old Hacks on the state of the nation and the next election

Combine EditionsMihir Bose’s books

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1010 posts
Mihir Bose's Blog

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