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- 1 2 Election Commission of India. Ajmer, 1951
- ↑ Nagoji Vasudev Rajkumar (1952). The Pilgrimage and After: The Story of how the Congress Fought and Won the General Elections. All-India Congress Committee. p. 111.
- ↑ Indian Press Digests. Bureau of International Relations of the Department of Political Science, University of California. 1951. p. 211.