Farmer who nearly became Jat-Mahatma
Submitted by rummykhan on Mon, 2011-05-30 19:00
Mahendra Singh Tikait, a small-time farmer from western Uttar Pradesh’s Jat belt who rose to become a formidable leader in his region and symbolised farmer power for about a decade, then got reduced to irrelevance due to a lack of political tact and a parochial worldview, died on May 15 after a prolonged battle with bone cancer. He was 75.
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Jun 15, 2011
Publication Date:
15/06/2011