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If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.

P. Chidambaram

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P. Chidambaram
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: September 16
Indian Politician
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Palaniappan Chidambaram
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