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- ↑ Basu, Raj Sekhar (2011). Nandanar's Children: The Paraiyans' Tryst with Destiny, Tamil Nadu 1850 - 1956. SAGE. pp. 111, 119. ISBN 978-81-321-0679-1.
- ↑ Rising India and Indian communities in East Asia. Kesavapany, K., Mani, A., Ramasamy, P. (Palanisamy), 1949-. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 2008. p. 19. ISBN 9789812308009. OCLC 746746932.
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