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{{Infobox royalty
|name=Yashwantraoji Mukne
| name = Yashwantraoji Martandraoji Mukne
|title=Maharajah of [[Jawhar State]]
| title = [[Maharaja]] of [[Jawhar State]]
| image = Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne of Jawhar State.webp
|image=Chamber of Princes 17-03-1941 detail.png
| caption = Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne of Jawhar State
|caption=[[Maharaja]] Yashwant Raoji seating at fourth chair in second row in the meeting of [[Chamber of Princes]] in [[Delhi]], India, 1941.
| reign = 1938 - 1947
|coronation=26 May 1938
| coronation = 26 May 1938
|regent=
| regent = Digvijaysinhrao Yashwantrao Mukne
|successor=None
| successor = Digvijaysinhrao Yashwantrao Mukne
|birth_name=Yashwant Rao
| birth_name = Yashwantrao Mukne
|birth_date=11 December 1917
| birth_date = 11 December 1917
|birth_place=[[Jawhar]], [[British India]]
| birth_place = Old Jawhar palace, [[Jawhar]], [[Jawhar State]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] (now [[Maharashtra]], [[India]])
|death_date={{death date and age|1978|6|4|1917|12|11|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1978|6|4|1917|12|11|df=yes}}
|death_place=[[Jawhar]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_place = [[Jawhar]], [[Maharashtra]], India
|spouse=[[Priyamwande Mukne]], ([[Princess]] Kamala Bai Dafle of [[Jath State]])
| spouse = * Maharani Priyamwande Mukne, ([[Princess]] Kamala Bai Dafle of [[Jath State]])
|issue=[[Yuvraj]] [[Digvijaysingh Rao Mukne]], Princess Asharaje Sahiba, Princess Premaraje Sahba
| issue = * [[Yuvraj]] Digvijaysinghrao Mukne
|regnal name=Dada Saheb
* Princess Asharaje Sahiba
|posthumous name=Godharma Pratipalak
* Princess Premaraje Sahba
|house=[[Mukne Dynasty]]
| full name = His Highness Maharaja Shrimant Sir Yashwantraoji Martandraoji Mukne of Jawhar State
|father=Maharaja [[Martand Rao Mukne]] (Bhau Saheb)
| era name = [[British Raj|British era]]
|religion=[[Hindus|Hindu]]
| regnal name = Dada Saheb
|mother=Maharani [[Saguna Bai Mukne]]
| posthumous name = Godharma Pratipalak
|occupation=[[Flight Lieutenant]] in [[Royal Indian Air Force]]
| house = [[Mukne Dynasty]]
| father = Maharaja Martandrao Malharrao Mukne (Bhau Saheb)
| religion = [[Hindus|Hindu]]
| royal house = Jai Vilas Palace
| dynasty = [[Mukne dynasty]]
| mother = Maharani Saguna Bai Mukne
| occupation = * politician
* Army person
}}
}}


'''Maharaja Shrimant Yashwantraoji Martandraoji Mukne''' or '''Maharaja Patang Shahji Mukne''' ('''V''') ('''Dada Saheb''') (11 December 1917 &ndash; 4 June 1978) was the last [[Kolis|Koli]] ruler of [[Jawhar State]] in India and later became a politician. He was born in [[Jawhar]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&q=Mukni+Koli&pg=PA212|title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire|last=Lethbridge|first=Sir Roper|date=2005|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=9788187879541|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Burman|first=J.J. Roy|date=1996|title=A comparison of sacred groves among the Mahadeo Kolis and Kunbis of Maharashtra|journal=Indian Anthropologist|volume=26|issue=1|pages=37–45|issn=0970-0927|jstor=41919791}}</ref>
'''Yashwantraoji Martandraoji Mukne''' (also known as '''Patangshahji Mukne''')<ref>{{Cite book |last=McClenaghan |first=Tony |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=YQdZlHJ2WTAC&pg=PA277&dq=Yashwant+Rao+Jawhar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnwrLtuY_7AhU6T2wGHSYqAxwQ6AF6BAgKEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Indian Princely Medals: A Record of the Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Indian Princely States |date=1996 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |year=1996 |isbn=978-1-897829-19-6 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=277 |language=en}}</ref> ('''V''') ('''Dada Saheb''')<ref>{{Cite book |last=Epstein |first=M. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=NNjMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA162&dq=Yeswantrao+Jawhar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiAiez6uo_7AhUNT2wGHbprCJIQ6AF6BAgGEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1947 |date=2016-12-27 |publisher=[[Springer]] |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-230-27076-3 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=162 |language=en}}</ref> (11 December 1917 &ndash; 4 June 1978) was [[Koli people|Koli]] [[Maharaja]] of [[Jawhar State]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-06-15 |title=Trove of tribal treasures |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/supplements/travel/trove-of-tribal-treasures-740235.html |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> [[Flight lieutenant]] in [[Royal Indian Air Force]], [[Indian politician]], social worker and former [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] from [[Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency|Bhiwandi]] for [[3rd Lok Sabha]] and [[Dahanu Lok Sabha constituency|Dahanu]] for [[4th Lok Sabha]] as member of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lethbridge |first=Sir Roper |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&q=Mukni+Koli&pg=PA212&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire |date=2005 |publisher=Aakar Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-81-87879-54-1 |location=[[New Delhi]], [[India]], [[Asia]] |pages=212 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Burman|first=J.J. Roy|date=1996|title=A comparison of sacred groves among the Mahadeo Kolis and Kunbis of Maharashtra|journal=Indian Anthropologist|volume=26|issue=1|pages=37–45|issn=0970-0927|jstor=41919791}}</ref>


Maharaja Mukne supported the [[List of Indian independence activists|revolutionaries]] directly or indirectly against [[British Raj|British Rule]] in India. He established a factory to manufacture [[Pistol|pistols]] and other firearms in [[Gorkha Kingdom|Nepal Kingdom]] in 1907.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sampath|first=Vikram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E46nDwAAQBAJ&q=Jawhar+State&pg=PT103|title=Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–1924|date=2019-08-16|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-5305-614-8|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Jawhar flag.svg|thumb|Flag Of Jawhar State]]


H.H Yashwantrao supported the revolutionaries directly or indirectly against [[British Rule]] in India. He attempted to established a factory to manufacture pistols and other firearms in [[Gorkha Kingdom|Nepal Kingdom]] in 1907.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sampath|first=Vikram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E46nDwAAQBAJ&q=Jawhar+State&pg=PT103|title=Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–1924|date=2019-08-16|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-5305-614-8|language=en}}</ref>
In 1970, Yashwantraoji Mukne published a book written by him about his family and forfathers names ''''Jayaba'''<nowiki/>'.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jawhar) |first=Yeshwantrao (Maharaja of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a3kdAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Jayaba |date=1970 |publisher=T. & A. Constable, Limited |year=1970 |isbn=978-0-901481-01-6 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |language=en}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Maharaja Mukne's father, Vikramshah Pantangshah, was [[Raja]] of [[Jawhar]], a princely state in the [[Thane district]] of what was then [[Bombay Presidency]]. A benevolent ruler who served in [[World War I]] and was granted a [[Salute state|nine-gun salute]], he died at the age of 42, around 1928, having succeeded his father as ruler in 1917. He had a son and a daughter,<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=11 January 1928 |title=The Rajah of Jawhar |page=17}}</ref> the former of whom succeeded him.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Epstein |first=Mortimer |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ndbMDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA167&dq=Yeswantrao+Jawhar&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjem-iRvY_7AhWPIEQIHY6lBHw4ChDoAXoECAoQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1943 |date=2016-12-27 |publisher=[[Springer]] |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-230-27072-5 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=167 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Jaivilas Palace, Jawhar.jpg|thumb|Front View Of Jai Vilas Palace Built By Yashwant Raoji]]
Maharaja Mukne's father, Vikramshah Pantangshah, was Raja of Jawhar, a princely state in the [[Thane district]] of what was then [[Bombay Presidency]]. A benevolent ruler who served in World War I and was granted a nine-gun salute, he died at the age of 42, around 1928, having succeeded his father as ruler in 1917. He had a son and a daughter,<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=11 January 1928 |title=The Rajah of Jawhar |page=17}}</ref> the former of whom succeeded him.


Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne was too young to assume control at the time of his accession, so his mother, [[Rajmata]] [[Saguna Bai Mukne]], acted as regent. When he came of age in 1938, he assumed full ruling powers.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne was too young to assume control at the time of his accession, so his mother, [[Rajmata]] Saguna Bai Mukne, acted as regent. When he came of age in 1938, he assumed full ruling powers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reed |first=Sir Stanley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpgjAQAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who |date=1959 |publisher=[[Times of India]] Press |year=1959 |location=New Delhi, India, Asia |pages=1154 |language=en}}</ref>


He did good works such as by expanding development activities, encouraging the [[chemical]], [[paper]], [[textile]], [[dyeing]] and printing liquor and [[starch]] industries. He provided free primary education and medical relief, He ran both [[Middle school|middle]] and [[High school|high]] schools, a central library and [[museum]], hospital and maternity home. He provided touring dispensaries for rural areas of state. At the outbreak of [[World War II]], He volunteered for services and served as [[Flight lieutenant]] for four years in [[Royal Indian Air Force]].{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
He did good works such as by expanding development activities, encouraging the [[chemical]], [[paper]], [[textile]], [[dyeing]] and printing liquor and [[starch]] industries. He provided free primary education and medical relief, He ran both [[Middle school|middle]] and [[High school|high]] schools, a central library and [[museum]], hospital and maternity home. He provided touring dispensaries for rural areas of state. At the outbreak of [[World War II]], He volunteered for services and served as [[Flight lieutenant]] for four years in [[Royal Indian Air Force]].<ref name=":0" />


Jawhar State acceded to the newly independent India in 1947, after which Mukne was no longer ruler and entered politics.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} As a member of the [[Indian National Congress]], he was elected to the [[1st Lok Sabha]] from the [[Thane (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thane]], which was a seat [[Reservation in India|reserved]] for candidates from the [[Scheduled Tribe]]s. He was subsequently elected to the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] from [[Bhiwandi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhiwandi]] and to the [[4th Lok Sabha]] from [[Dahanu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dahanu]], which was also a reserved constituency.<ref name="bioprofile"/>
Jawhar State acceded to the newly independent India in 1947, after which Mukne was no longer ruler and entered politics.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}} As a member of the [[Indian National Congress]], he was elected to the [[1st Lok Sabha]] from the [[Thane (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thane]], which was a seat [[Reservation in India|reserved]] for candidates from the [[Scheduled Tribe]]s. He was subsequently elected to the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] from [[Bhiwandi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhiwandi]] and to the [[4th Lok Sabha]] from [[Dahanu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dahanu]], which was also a reserved constituency.<ref name="bioprofile"/>
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==Education==
==Education==
Born on 11 December 1917, Mukne was educated at [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]], and at Old [[Blundell's School]] and the [[Middle Temple]] in England. He was married to Her Highness Priyamvada Raje, a princess of [[Jath State]], and had one son and two daughters. He lived at [[Jai Vilas Palace]], Jawhar, in Thane district.<ref name="bioprofile">{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1865.htm |title= Official biographical sketch |publisher=Parliament of India website |access-date=22 February 2012 }}</ref>
Born on 11 December 1917, Mukne was educated at [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]], and at Old [[Blundell's School]] and the [[Middle Temple]] in England. He was married to Her Highness Priyamvada Raje, a princess of [[Jath State]], and had one son and two daughters. He lived at [[Jai Vilas Palace]], Jawhar, in Thane district.<ref name="bioprofile">{{cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1865.htm |title= Official biographical sketch |publisher=Parliament of India website |access-date=22 February 2012 }}</ref>

== Gallary ==
[[File:Jawhar flag.svg|thumb|Flag Of Jawhar State]]

[[File:Jaivilas Palace, Jawhar.jpg|thumb|Front View Of Jai Vilas Palace Built By Yashwantraoji Mukne]]

[[File:H.H Maharani priyamvande Mukne of Jawhar State.jpg|thumb|Maharani Priyamvande Mukne, wife of Yashwantraoji Mukne]]

[[File:Statue of Maharaja Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne of Jawhar State.jpg|thumb|Statue of Yashwantraoji Mukne in Jawhar city]]

[[File:COA Jawhar State of Mukne Dynasty (Coat Of Arms).jpg|thumb|COA (coat of arms) of Jawhar]]

[[File:Maharaja medal of Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne.jpg|thumb|Maharaja Medal, depicting Yashwantraoji Mukne]]

[[File:Maharaja Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne.png|thumb|Maharaja Yashwantraoji Mukne with his ministers and foreign guests]]

[[File:Fiscal stamps of Punadra, Khadal Ambaliara, Katosan and Jawhar ruled by Koli rulers.jpg|thumb|Fiscal stamps of Punadra, Khadal Ambaliara, Katosan and Jawhar ruled by Koli rulers]]

[[File:Chamber of Princes 17-03-1941.png|thumb|Maharaja Yashwantraoji Mukne in [[Chamber of Princes]] 17-03-1941, [[New Delhi]]]]

[[File:The Jaivilas Palace.jpg|thumb|Jai Vilas Palace built by Yashwantraoji Mukne]]

[[File:महाराजा यशवंतराव मुकने जव्हार राज्य.jpg|thumb|Yashwantraoji Mukne in old age]]

[[File:महाराजा यशवंतराव मुकने जव्हार रियासत.png|thumb|Yashwantraoji Mukne in young man]]

[[File:यशवंतराव मुकने.png|thumb|portrait of Yashwantraoji Mukne]]

[[File:महाराजा यशवंतराव मुकने (दाएं) दिग्विजयसिंहराव मुकने (बाएं) और राजकुमार महेंद्रसिंहराव.png|thumb|Yashwantraoji Mukne (right), prince Digvijaysinhraoji Mukne (left) and grandprince Mahendrasinhraoji Mukne as child]]

[[File:महाराजा यशवंतराव मुकने बाल अवस्था.jpg|thumb|Yashwantraoji Mukne as prince]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 12:21, 2 November 2022


Yashwantraoji Martandraoji Mukne
Maharaja of Jawhar State
Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne of Jawhar State
Reign1938 - 1947
Coronation26 May 1938
SuccessorDigvijaysinhrao Yashwantrao Mukne
RegentDigvijaysinhrao Yashwantrao Mukne
BornYashwantrao Mukne
11 December 1917
Old Jawhar palace, Jawhar, Jawhar State, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Maharashtra, India)
Died4 June 1978(1978-06-04) (aged 60)
Jawhar, Maharashtra, India
Spouse
Issue
  • Yuvraj Digvijaysinghrao Mukne
  • Princess Asharaje Sahiba
  • Princess Premaraje Sahba
Names
His Highness Maharaja Shrimant Sir Yashwantraoji Martandraoji Mukne of Jawhar State
Regnal name
Dada Saheb
Posthumous name
Godharma Pratipalak
HouseMukne Dynasty
HouseJai Vilas Palace
DynastyMukne dynasty
FatherMaharaja Martandrao Malharrao Mukne (Bhau Saheb)
MotherMaharani Saguna Bai Mukne
ReligionHindu
Occupation
  • politician
  • Army person

Yashwantraoji Martandraoji Mukne (also known as Patangshahji Mukne)[1] (V) (Dada Saheb)[2] (11 December 1917 – 4 June 1978) was Koli Maharaja of Jawhar State,[3] Flight lieutenant in Royal Indian Air Force, Indian politician, social worker and former Member of Parliament from Bhiwandi for 3rd Lok Sabha and Dahanu for 4th Lok Sabha as member of Indian National Congress.[4][5]

Maharaja Mukne supported the revolutionaries directly or indirectly against British Rule in India. He established a factory to manufacture pistols and other firearms in Nepal Kingdom in 1907.[6]

In 1970, Yashwantraoji Mukne published a book written by him about his family and forfathers names 'Jayaba'.[7]

History

Maharaja Mukne's father, Vikramshah Pantangshah, was Raja of Jawhar, a princely state in the Thane district of what was then Bombay Presidency. A benevolent ruler who served in World War I and was granted a nine-gun salute, he died at the age of 42, around 1928, having succeeded his father as ruler in 1917. He had a son and a daughter,[8] the former of whom succeeded him.[9]

Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne was too young to assume control at the time of his accession, so his mother, Rajmata Saguna Bai Mukne, acted as regent. When he came of age in 1938, he assumed full ruling powers.[10]

He did good works such as by expanding development activities, encouraging the chemical, paper, textile, dyeing and printing liquor and starch industries. He provided free primary education and medical relief, He ran both middle and high schools, a central library and museum, hospital and maternity home. He provided touring dispensaries for rural areas of state. At the outbreak of World War II, He volunteered for services and served as Flight lieutenant for four years in Royal Indian Air Force.[3]

Jawhar State acceded to the newly independent India in 1947, after which Mukne was no longer ruler and entered politics.[citation needed] As a member of the Indian National Congress, he was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha from the Thane, which was a seat reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Tribes. He was subsequently elected to the 3rd Lok Sabha from Bhiwandi and to the 4th Lok Sabha from Dahanu, which was also a reserved constituency.[11]

Education

Born on 11 December 1917, Mukne was educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot, and at Old Blundell's School and the Middle Temple in England. He was married to Her Highness Priyamvada Raje, a princess of Jath State, and had one son and two daughters. He lived at Jai Vilas Palace, Jawhar, in Thane district.[11]

Gallary

Flag Of Jawhar State
Front View Of Jai Vilas Palace Built By Yashwantraoji Mukne
Maharani Priyamvande Mukne, wife of Yashwantraoji Mukne
Statue of Yashwantraoji Mukne in Jawhar city
COA (coat of arms) of Jawhar
Maharaja Medal, depicting Yashwantraoji Mukne
Maharaja Yashwantraoji Mukne with his ministers and foreign guests
Fiscal stamps of Punadra, Khadal Ambaliara, Katosan and Jawhar ruled by Koli rulers
Maharaja Yashwantraoji Mukne in Chamber of Princes 17-03-1941, New Delhi
Jai Vilas Palace built by Yashwantraoji Mukne
Yashwantraoji Mukne in old age
File:महाराजा यशवंतराव मुकने जव्हार रियासत.png
Yashwantraoji Mukne in young man
portrait of Yashwantraoji Mukne
Yashwantraoji Mukne (right), prince Digvijaysinhraoji Mukne (left) and grandprince Mahendrasinhraoji Mukne as child
Yashwantraoji Mukne as prince

References

  1. ^ McClenaghan, Tony (1996). Indian Princely Medals: A Record of the Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Indian Princely States. New Delhi, India, Asia: Lancer Publishers. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-897829-19-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ Epstein, M. (27 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1947. New Delhi, India, Asia: Springer. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-230-27076-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ a b "Trove of tribal treasures". Deccan Herald. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  4. ^ Lethbridge, Sir Roper (2005). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire. New Delhi, India, Asia: Aakar Books. p. 212. ISBN 978-81-87879-54-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. ^ Burman, J.J. Roy (1996). "A comparison of sacred groves among the Mahadeo Kolis and Kunbis of Maharashtra". Indian Anthropologist. 26 (1): 37–45. ISSN 0970-0927. JSTOR 41919791.
  6. ^ Sampath, Vikram (16 August 2019). Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883–1924. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-614-8.
  7. ^ Jawhar), Yeshwantrao (Maharaja of (1970). Jayaba. New Delhi, India, Asia: T. & A. Constable, Limited. ISBN 978-0-901481-01-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  8. ^ "The Rajah of Jawhar". The Times. 11 January 1928. p. 17.
  9. ^ Epstein, Mortimer (27 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1943. New Delhi, India, Asia: Springer. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-230-27072-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  10. ^ Reed, Sir Stanley (1959). Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who. New Delhi, India, Asia: Times of India Press. p. 1154.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  11. ^ a b "Official biographical sketch". Parliament of India website. Retrieved 22 February 2012.