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June 19, 2011	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
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This article is written in Indian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Length of military service

The article states that he served from 1960-1975, which is 15 years, but it also states that he was honorably discharged after serving 12 years. This appears to be a contradiction.Bill (talk) 20:27, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Maun vrat for speedy justice regarding heinous crimes against women

He started maun vrat for speedy justice in cases of heinous crime against women. Reference This information can be added in the article. Thanks in advance. -- Dr. Abhijeet Safai (talk) 09:20, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Website link is spam and points an tracking website. please remove or update. Shashankduhan (talk) 08:31, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done Removed, not sure what his current website is/if he has one Cannolis (talk) 09:20, 24 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted text

An editor deleted some cited text giving the edit summary If it is alleged they need should be put in controversy section not in introduction section this is really biased view this way. The deleted text said:

and his alleged support for forced vasectomies as a method of family planning.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Hartosh Singh Bal (14 April 2011). "Spare Us the Gandhian Halo". The Open Magazine.
^ Amit Varma (21 April 2011). "The Rorschach Effect in Indian Politics". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.

The citations support the statement deleted, and I have restored it. WP:CSECTION says that Wikipedia should avoid sections and articles focusing on criticisms or controversies.-- Toddy1 (talk) 09:15, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia articles are not meant to give their subjects a Persil shine. They meant to be objective, written from a neutral point of view, verifiable, and uncensored. -- Toddy1 (talk) 09:19, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is a line in this which says - :He later adopted the name Anna, which in Marathi means "elder person" or "father". Anna means elder brother. There need not be any citation for that. and the word Anna in all the dravidian languages means elder brother. It is such a common word and asking for citation is like asking for word meaning. (Themisislegal (talk) 03:09, 20 October 2023 (UTC))[reply]

[The_Open_Magazine-1] Hartosh Singh Bal (14 April 2011). "Spare Us the Gandhian Halo". The Open Magazine.

[Yahoo!_News-2] Amit Varma (21 April 2011). "The Rorschach Effect in Indian Politics". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.

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