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- ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha. Secretariat (2006). Rajya Sabha at work. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 290. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ↑ The Illustrated Weekly of India. Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1990. p. 21. Retrieved 22 June 2020.