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- ↑ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (December 1989). Parliamentary Debates. p. 19. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ↑ Sir Stanley Reed (1956). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Times of India Press. p. 953. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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