B'day Special: George Fernandes, veteran socialist leader and former Defence Minister of India
B'day Special: George Fernandes, veteran socialist leader and former Defence Minister of India
New Delhi: George Fernandes is a veteran Indian politician who is respected for setting new standards in the Indian Defense Ministry. He is a journalist, political activist, trade unionist – all rolled into one. Since
In 1949, he started working as a proof reader for a newspaper in Mumbai. Here he came into contact with the veteran socialist Rammanohar Lohia. He accompanied him in socialist trade union movement.
