Word: shekhar
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Revolutionary Turn? As far as Indira's leftist supporters are concerned, she is not going nearly far enough. Chandra Shekhar, a leader of the so-called "Young Turks," says: "People have lost patience. They have waited 22 years [since independence], and nothing has been done." Unless the resolutions are acted upon soon, Shekhar warns, "history in India will take a revolutionary turn." That may be an exaggeration, but the left's increasing restiveness is becoming a problem for Indira. Only two days after the party meeting in Bombay came to an end, her government announced that the giant...