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Rudolph Rodrigues

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ65031527 ↗
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Rudolph Rodrigues (18 August 1932 – 9 December 2017) was a prominent leader of the Anglo-Indian community in India. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's Parliament as a member of the Janata Party.

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