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Leaders across party lines bid farewell to George Fernandes

February 01, 2019 3:33 am

The ashes of Fernandes will be buried at the Christian Cemetery at Prithviraj Road on Friday.

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The soldier’s minister

February 01, 2019 12:42 am

Military remembers George Fernandes as an effective and empathetic leader.

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Family, friends, admirers bid emotional farewell to George Fernandes

January 31, 2019 7:45 pm

George Fernandes died on Tuesday at the age of 88 at his residence after prolonged illness. He was suffering from Alzheimer's disorder that had left him debilitated.

George Fernandes passed away on Tuesday morning. (Express archive photo)

George Fernandes was the symbol of resistance to the Emergency

January 31, 2019 12:44 pm

He took on the might of Indira Gandhi during Emergency and galvanised an underground resistance movement against the tyranny. At the height of terrorism in Kashmir he would fearlessly approach terrorists on behalf of the government, without security escorts.

George Fernandes: Firebrand political rebel to Defence Minister to lonely end

January 30, 2019 6:56 am

In his heyday, Fernandes was a romantic figure and an inspiration for many, particularly during Indira Gandhi’s Emergency, when he called for a violent overthrow of her dictatorial regime.

George Fernandes (88) passed away today morning after being bedridden for the past few years. (Express archive photo)

Tribute to ‘George-Saheb’: ‘Fiery trade union leader who fought for justice’

January 30, 2019 3:39 am

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu described Fernandes as a “fighter” for the working class, “an upright politician, an able administrator, a great parliamentarian and above all a good human being”.

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George Fernandes image in Emergency shackles etched in Muzaffarpur minds

January 30, 2019 7:28 am

When he first contested from the seat in Bihar, a choice of socialist icon Jay Prakash Narayan (JP), in 1977, Fernandes, a crusader against Indira Gandhi’s Emergency, was in jail.

George Fernandes (1930-2019): ‘Badshah of Bombay who could shut down city’

January 30, 2019 3:18 am

Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray and Fernandes were contemporaries, and the latter was perhaps the only leader who addressed the Sena patriarch as 'Bal'.

George Fernandes will be remembered as a fearless leader who worked tirelessly for workers

January 30, 2019 8:46 am

Our real homage to George Fernandes will be to remember him and follow him as a man of integrity who worked tirelessly for workers, and the downtrodden and underprivileged classes of society.

Bye George

January 30, 2019 8:44 am

George and I have lived our lives in politics. Though we ended up in opposing camps, our camaraderie of more than half a century, forged in the blood and iron of peoples’ struggles, was impervious to partisan affiliations.