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Bateshwar Hembram

Indian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ96217274 ↗
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Bateshwar Hembram (30 April 1931 – 13 October 2018) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Dumka in the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress.

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The public source identifies “Bateshwar Hembram” as indian politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bateshwar, Hembram and Indian.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1931, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1931-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bateshwar, Hembram and Indian providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q96217274. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931 and 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bateshwar Hembram” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.