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MAYA MEMSAAB
Mayawati
                          1997
  When Bahujan Samaj Party, then led by her mentor Kanshi Ram, became a major power player in Uttar Pradesh politics for the first time, India Today wrote in 1994: "The question now is can he really last to change the social and political agenda?" With the Dalit politician, seen here with late Kanshi Ram, now firmly ensconced, we have the answer.
Photo courtesy: Dilip Banerji