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- Da Cunha, J.G.; Cunha, J.G. (1900). The Origin of Bombay. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120608153 . Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- John Keay. The Honorable Company: A History of the English East India Company. New York: Macmillan, 1991. p. 138.
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