Charan Singh: A Common Cause

Incarnations: India in 50 Lives by BBC

Mar 23, 201614:09Society & Culture

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 th...

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