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- ↑ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha . Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha. Secretariat (2003). Women members of Rajya Sabha. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 17. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ↑ Sir Stanley Reed (1961). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Times of India Press. p. 1310. Retrieved 28 June 2020.