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- ↑ Spelling according to Times of India and Telegraph (Calcutta)
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- ↑ "Kanchana Moitra is happy to play a typical homemaker". The Times of India . 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2012.