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- ↑ 1916 is given by Sisir Kumar Das, History of Indian Literature 1911-1956. Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and Tragedy (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995), p. 514; 1917 by WorldCat Identities, http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81-58726/.
- ↑ Sisir Kumar Das, History of Indian Literature 1911-1956. Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and Tragedy (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995), p. 514.
- ↑ S. M. Tadkodkar, R V Pandit: Jiveet Aane Waawar (Panaji: Goa Konkani Akademi, 2006).
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