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- ↑ Jyoti Basu (1998). Documents of the Communist Movement in India: 1971-72. National Book Agency. p. 437. ISBN 978-81-7626-019-0.
- ↑ The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal
- ↑ The Hindu : National : Life-term for MLA
- ↑ PROBODH PURKAIT versus STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS: Judgment of the Supreme Court of India
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