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- 1 2 Anand Teltumbde (19 August 2016). Dalits: Past, present and future. Taylor & Francis. p. 57. ISBN 9781315526447.
- ↑ Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara (1994). Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956. M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 9788185880433.
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