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- ↑ "Tangail Zilla'r Bir Muktijoddha". The Independent. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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- ↑ "The irregular forces of Bangladesh Liberation War". The Daily Star. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
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