ELECTIONEERING IN INDIA.—Mr Bijoyanand Patnaik, the Chief Minister of the Indian State of Orissa, has been campaigning for the Congress Party in the election for the national Parliament. Of Orissa’s 17,000,000 population, 20 per eent. are tribal people. With tribal music and dancing to pass the time, villagers flock to hear Mr Patnaik. TOP: Dancing girls from one of the hill tribes in southern Orissa waiting to perform for Mr Patnaik. BOTTOM: Village women gather for an election campaign meeting in Orissa to hear Mr Patnaik. They stand beside the symbol of the Congress Party—a pair of yoked bullocks.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29748, 15 February 1962, Page 20
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99ELECTIONEERING IN INDIA.—Mr Bijoyanand Patnaik, the Chief Minister of the Indian State of Orissa, has been campaigning for the Congress Party in the election for the national Parliament. Of Orissa’s 17,000,000 population, 20 per eent. are tribal people. With tribal music and dancing to pass the time, villagers flock to hear Mr Patnaik. TOP: Dancing girls from one of the hill tribes in southern Orissa waiting to perform for Mr Patnaik. BOTTOM: Village women gather for an election campaign meeting in Orissa to hear Mr Patnaik. They stand beside the symbol of the Congress Party—a pair of yoked bullocks. Press, Volume CI, Issue 29748, 15 February 1962, Page 20
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