Rishang Keishing, who expired in Imphal on 22 August, at the age of 98, was elected to India\u2019s first Parliament in 1952. He entered politics without any political background \u2014 he was a former school headmaster. He contested the elections on a Socialist Party ticket, lured by the voice of stalwarts like Ram Manohar Lohia and others.<\/p>\n
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