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- ↑ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ↑ Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Council of States Secretariat. 1985. p. 75. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1976). Who's who. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 254. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ↑ Times of India (Firm) (1983). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Bennett, Coleman. p. 859. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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