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- ↑ "Tribute paid as ex-MP Baten laid to rest". The Daily Star . 23 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ "Tangail Zilla'r Bir Muktijoddha". The Independent . Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ সাবেক সাংসদ আব্দুল বাতেনের ইন্তেকাল. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 6 February 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ "The irregular forces of Bangladesh Liberation War". The Daily Star . 26 March 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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