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- 1 2 "Hajni Bags Sahitya Akademi Translation Award". Kashmir Life. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Main Award-2019" (PDF). sahitya-akademi.gov.in.
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