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Union leader to icon: How Mumbai shaped the politics of George Fernandes
Hindustan Times

Union leader to icon: How Mumbai shaped the politics of George Fernandes

That the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) should, for once, rise above pandemonium and arcane points of order, and unanimously decide to tip its hat to Fernandes by agreeing to name a busy public square, near the iconic civic headquarters in south Mumbai, after him is a gesture which merits encore, say civic chroniclers. Fernandes was elected to the BMC way back in the 1960s, marking his debut in city politics.

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