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- ↑ "Colonial administrators and post-independence leaders in India (1616–2000)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ British Provinces: Bombay - 1760. Accessed 18 February 2017
- ↑ WeRelate.org Blandina Bayard; John Holkell. Accessed 18 February 2017
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