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- ↑ Vishnubhat ki Aatmkatha (Autobiography of Vishnubhat) (in Hindi). Retrieved March 21, 2010.
- ↑ Godse, Vishnubhat, Maza Pravas: 1857 chya Bandaci Hakikat, ed. Datto Vaman Potdar, (Pune: Venus Prakashan, 1974).