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It was May 1974 and one man asked 17 lakh Railway Staff to stop working and brought India to a halt for twenty days.
“always for the people and never with the establishment”.
This is how one can tell about George Fernandes in a single sentence, and that was his clout.
#Jayanti
“always for the people and never with the establishment”.
This is how one can tell about George Fernandes in a single sentence, and that was his clout.
#Jayanti
Fernandes was already an iconic anti-establishment figure when he organised the strike of Indian Railway workers in 1974, which was possibly one of the reasons Mrs Gandhi declared the Emergency.
Before that, he had made a name for himself as an organiser of strikes that would
Before that, he had made a name for himself as an organiser of strikes that would
bring Bombay to a halt.
George Fernandes is arguably the most important non-Congress and non-Hindutva politician in post-Independence India.
Often described as a rebel, he pursued every cause he took up with passionate devotion, heedless of the many ups & downs in his life.
George Fernandes is arguably the most important non-Congress and non-Hindutva politician in post-Independence India.
Often described as a rebel, he pursued every cause he took up with passionate devotion, heedless of the many ups & downs in his life.
In a sense, he was #TheBharataRatna
He was supposed to become a Father at Church but turned as an enemy number one for both Indira & D-I-L Antonio Maino.
#GeorgeFernandes & the brutal days of Emergency & beyond.
#Punyasmaran.
One will wonder what happened to that journalism
He was supposed to become a Father at Church but turned as an enemy number one for both Indira & D-I-L Antonio Maino.
#GeorgeFernandes & the brutal days of Emergency & beyond.
#Punyasmaran.
One will wonder what happened to that journalism
of BBC after reading this?
On the night of June 25-26 1975, as leading politicians were being arrested, a telephone operator, who overheard some telephone conversations about the arrests, tipped off George Fernandes, who was holidaying with his wife Leila Kabir and infant son
On the night of June 25-26 1975, as leading politicians were being arrested, a telephone operator, who overheard some telephone conversations about the arrests, tipped off George Fernandes, who was holidaying with his wife Leila Kabir and infant son
in Gopalpur on Sea in Odisha.
Chandrashekhar was arrested from Rivoli theatre in Connaught Place, where he was watching a late night movie with BP Koirala. The sympathetic police officer took Chandrashekhar to a nearby phone booth, and told him: "I am delaying recording your
Chandrashekhar was arrested from Rivoli theatre in Connaught Place, where he was watching a late night movie with BP Koirala. The sympathetic police officer took Chandrashekhar to a nearby phone booth, and told him: "I am delaying recording your
