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Last Updated: Monday, 15 September, 2003, 12:14 GMT 13:14 UK
Dalit leader suffers stroke
A prominent political leader of the lower-caste Dalits in India, Kanshi Ram, has been taken to hospital after suffering a stroke during a trip to the southern city of Hyderabad.

Doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences said his condition was stable.

Correspondents say Mr Ram, 69, emerged as the symbol of a growing political role for the Dalits in Indian politics in the 1980s.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service



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