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- ↑ "Scheduled Caste list of Assam, India".
- ↑ "Scheduled Caste list of West Bengal, India".
- ↑ "Scheduled Caste list of Tripura, India".
- ↑ Bhaumik, Sudarshana (26 August 2022). The Changing World of Caste and Hierarchy in Bengal: Depiction from the Mangalkavyas c. 1700–1931. Taylor & Francis. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-000-64143-1.
- ↑ "Setback for Akhilesh government as High Court stays their order to include 17 sub-castes in the SC category". Financial Express. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ↑ "UP govt to include 17 other backward castes in SC list". Hindustan Times. PTI. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ↑ Population Monograph of Nepal, Volume II
- ↑ 2011 Nepal Census, District Level Detail Report
