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- ↑ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha. Secretariat (2006). Rajya Sabha at work. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 381. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1960). Parliamentary Debate. p. 4223. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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