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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Wouters, Jelle J. P. (2022). Vernacular Politics in Northeast India : Democracy, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity. Oxford. p. 239. ISBN 9780192863461. OCLC 1343081228.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Longkumer, Arkotong (2019-04-03). "'Along Kingdom's Highway': the proliferation of Christianity, education, and print amongst the Nagas in Northeast India". Contemporary South Asia. 27 (2): 160–178. doi:10.1080/09584935.2018.1471041. hdl: 20.500.11820/438473eb-6755-4d75-acdf-15b810797f6f . ISSN 0958-4935. S2CID 150177968.