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- ↑ Surjit Singh Gandhi (1999). Sikhs In The Eighteenth Century. Singh Bros. pp. 188–189. ISBN 9788172052171.
- ↑ G.S. Chhabra (1960). Advanced study in History of the Punjab. p. 391.