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- ↑ Haq, Enamul. "Bhasani's Farakka Long March". Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. Archived from the original on 10 September 2011.
- ↑ "Farakka Day Today". The New Nation. 16 May 2010.
It was the first popular movement against India demanding a rightful distribution of the water of Ganges.
- ↑ 30th Anniversary of Farakka Long March The Daily Star,Dhaka, 15 May 2006.