The rally was the first organised by Civil Human Rights Front. They said about 8,00,000 were at the rally, while police estimated 1,83,000 were at peak of the protest.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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