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- ↑ AP Legislature. HYDERABAD LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (CONSTITUTED ON 1952) Archived 4 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HYDERABAD Archived 27 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Former Speakers - Legislative Assembly - Liferay DXP". aplegislature.org. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
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