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1562:"Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh"
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1377:"IndiaVotes AC: Winner summary over elections for Lahaul"
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at Tandi in Lahaul is named 'Thakur Devi Singh Bridge'.
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1590:"Thakur Devi Singh Memorial District Library, Keylong"
1144:(in Hindi). Kullu: Gurukul Bahumukhi Shiksha Sansthan.
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Non-Congressism is Reborn: 1989-90 Polls and
Parties
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19:(born c. 1922 - died 1989) was a politician from
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1386:19 November
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1248:The Tribune
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791:Lata Thakur
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84:Indian army
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107:Politics
1445:. 1979.
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1065:63.78%
1062:13,744
1058:Turnout
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599:76.26%
502:14,864
484:72.63%
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288:15,175
270:61.17%
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267:8,977
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246:8,315
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199:8,646
169:Votes
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