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- ↑ "Hero Junior Girls National Football Championship 2019-20, Jharkhand vs Himachal Pradesh" . Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ↑ Jain, Shraishth (1 May 2019). "HIMACHAL PRADESH CLINCH HERO JUNIOR GIRLS' NFC TITLE AFTER 3-1 WIN OVER JHARKHAND". AIFF.
- ↑ Vasudevan, Shyam (3 May 2019). "Bring the cup home - Himachal's fairytale win against Jharkhand". Sportstar.
- ↑ "Dadra & Nagar Haveli win Hero Junior (U-17) Women's National Football Championship 2022-23". AIFF. 4 July 2022.
- ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the National Championships for Junior Women (under-19)". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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