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Incarnations: India in 50 Lives: Charan Singh: A Common Cause

Charan Singh: A Common Cause

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A profile of Charan Singh, champion of the cause of India's farmers

Sunil Khilnani explores the life and legacy of the lawyer turned politician Charan Singh, who championed the cause of India's farmers

Professor Sunil Khilnani, from the King's India Institute in London, explores the life and legacy of Charan Singh, the lawyer turned politician who championed the cause of India's farmers. Singh is remembered today as the politician who took on Indira Gandhi in the Congress Party’s heartland state. Uttar Pradesh. He redistributed power and altered the social structure of Northwest India, non violently. And he helped the world see the potential of the Indian farmer a bit more clearly.  He succeeded in becoming India's first peasant prime minister but went from the highest office in a flash, replaced by his nemesis Indira Gandhi. Although today he is most often remembered for being a leader of his own caste, Professor Khilnani argues that Charan Singh has a unique status in Indian history.  
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