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References
- ↑ "Remembering major terror attacks on Anti Terrorism Day". India TV. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ↑ "Terrorists strike during Ram Lila celebrations in Uttar Pradesh". India Today. 15 November 1991. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ↑ "2 Bombs Kill 41 and Injure 140 in India". The New York Times. 18 October 1991.
- ↑ Krishna M. Mathur (1994). Police, Law and Internal Security. Gyan Books. p. 113. ISBN 978-81-212-0455-2.
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