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- ↑ "Romance with royals is a trait in Mandi". Anand Bodh. The Times of India. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ↑ Mark Brentnall (2004). The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh. Indus Publishing. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-81-7387-163-4 . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ↑ Asian Recorder. 1970. p. 9803. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ↑ Rathore, Abhinay. "Suket (Princely State)". Rajput Provinces of India. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
