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- ↑ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ↑ Economic and Political Weekly. Sameeksha Trust. 1976. p. 718. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ↑ David Selbourne (1977). An eye to India: the unmasking of a tyranny. Penguin. p. 498. Retrieved 4 December 2017.