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- ↑ "Women Members of Rajya Sabha" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1998). Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. p. 191. Retrieved 30 November 2017.