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<image:caption>Sheikh Abdullah coming out of a special jail in Jammu in 1964.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Sheikh Abdullah with other leaders of 1931 agitation. Sitting R to L: Sardar Gohar Rehman, Mistri Yaqoob Ali, Sheikh Abdullah, Chaudhary Ghulam Abbas. Standing R: Molvi Abdul Rahim, L:Ghulam Nabi Gilkar.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A file photo of Sheikh Abdullah and Indira Gandhi in 1975 in New Delhi.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>(From left to right) Mridula Sarabhai; Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai; Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad; Jawaharlal Nehru; Abdul Ghaffar Khan (also known as Badshah Khan and as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’) who is holding Rajiv Gandhi; Indira Gandhi; behind her, Sheikh Abdullah; an unidentified couple; B.P.L. Bedi; and Freda Bedi. The photograph was taken in 1946.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>INC Chief Mallikarjun Kharge and former INC president Rahul Gandhi with J&amp;K National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah and Vice President Omar Abdullah a day before government formation in J&amp;K</image:caption>
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<news:title>The Cage Outlived the Lion</news:title>
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