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- ↑ https://culture.jk.gov.in/about.html JK Culture Department-Subordinate Departments
- ↑ "Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Government Of Jammu and Kashmir". jkaacl.jk.gov.in. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ↑ "J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages to be registered as a Society". 11 March 2021.
- ↑ SRO NO-340 of 1963, Appendix I
- 1 2 "JKAACL" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ↑ http://jkaacl.jk.gov.in/Main/ViewPage.aspx?Page=b529a28a-0e66-4922-b61f-97cb8fe7c99c | Contributions to Culture
