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- ↑ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1979). List of Members of Rajya Sabha, Showing Permanent Addresses and Telephone Numbers. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 17. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1980). Who's who. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 23. Retrieved 4 December 2017.