LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS The abbreviations used in this publication denote the following:— A.B.L.C. ……. Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress A.D. ……. Akali Dal A.D.M.K. ……. Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A.G.P. ……. Asom Gana Parishad A.I.A.D.M.K. ……. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham A.I.F.B. ……. All India Forward Block A.I.T.C. ……. All India Tr inamool Congress A.I.T.U.C. ……. All India Trade Union Congress A.I.W.C. ……. All India Women’s Conference A.S.D.C. ……. Autonomous State Demand Committee b. ……. Born B.H.U. ……. Banaras Hindu University B.J.D. ……. Biju Janata Dal B.J.P. ……. Bharatiya Janata Party B.K.D. ……. Bharatiya Kranti Dal B.L.D. ……. Bharatiya Lok Dal B.S.P. ……. Bahujan Samaj Party B.S.S. ……. Bharatiya Sewak Samaj Cantab. ……. Cantabrigian (of Cambridge) C.I.T.U. ……. Centre of Indian Trade Unions C.P.I. ……. Communist Party of India C.P.I.(M) ……. Communist Party of India (Marxist) Cong. (I) ……. Congress (I) Congress(O) ……. Congress Party (Organisation) Cong. (S) ……. Congress (S) d. ……. Daughter D.M.K. ……. Dravida Munnetra Kazagham D.P.A. ……. Diploma in Public Administration D.S.P. ……. Democratic Socialist Party ed. ……. Education F.A. ……. Faculty of Arts F.C.A. ……. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India F.I.C.C.I. ……. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry vii F.R.S. ……. Fellow of the Royal Society F.R.C.S. ……. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Hony. ……. Honorary H.M.S. ……. Hind Mazdoor Sabha H.P.C.C. ……. Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee H.V.C. ……. Himachal Vikas Congress H.V.P. ……. Haryana Vikas Party I.A.S. ……. Indian Administrative Service I.C.S. ……. Indian Civil Service I.N.C. ……. Indian National Congress IND. ……. Independent I.N.L.D. ……. Indian National Lok Dal I.N.T.U.C. ……. Indian National Trade Union Congress Inst. ……. Institute J.&K.N.C. ……. J&K National Conference JAN ……. Janata Janata (G) ……. Janata Party (Gopalan) J.D. ……. Janata Dal J.D.(I) ……. Janata (Independent) J.D.(S) ……. Janata Dal (Socialist) J.M.M. ……. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha J.S. ……. Jana Sangh K.C. ……. Kerala Congress K.C.I.E. ……. Knight Commander of the Indian Empire L.D. ……. Lok Dal L.D.J. ……. Lok Dal Janvadi L.M.P. ……. Licentiate Medical Practitioner L.T.M. ……. Licentiate in Textile Manufacture m. ……. Married M.L. ……. Muslim League M.N.F. ……. Mizo National Front M.P.C.C. ……. Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee N.C. ……. National Conference N.C.P. ……. Nationalist Congress Party N.N.D.F. ……. Naga National Democratic Front NOM. ……. Nominated O ……. Others P.D.P. ……. Peoples Democratic Party Obit. ……. Obituary P.C.C. ……. Pradesh Congress Committee P.E.P.S.U. ……. Patiala and East Punjab States Union P.W.P. ……. Peasants and Workers Party Per. Add. ……. Permanent Address Prev. ……. Previous P.S.P. ……. Praja Socialist Party viii R.J.D. ……. Rashtriya Janata Dal R.P.I. ……. Republican Party of India R.S.P. ……. Revolutionary Socialist Party s. ……. son S.S.P. ……. Samyukta Socialist Party S.A.D. ……. Shiromani Akali Dal SAMATA ……. Samata Party S.D.F. ……. Sikkim Democratic Front S.P. ……. Samajwadi Party S.S. ……. Shiv Sena S.S.P. ……. Sikkim Sangram Parishad T.D. ……. Telugu Desam T.D.P. ……. Telugu Desam Party T.M.C.(M) ……. Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) T.T.N.C. ……. Travancore Tamilnad Congress U.D.F.(N) ……. United Democratic Front (Nagaland) U.K. ……. United Kingdom U.P.C.C. ……. Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee U.S.A. ……. United States of America U.S.S.R. ……. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics W.H.O. ……. World Health Organisation .