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- ↑ Longer, V. (1974). Red Coats to Olive Green: A History of the Indian Army, 1600-1974. Bombay: Allied Publishers. p. 62. ISBN 9780856551307.
- ↑ Roy, Kaushik (2011). War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849. (Google books). Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames (UK) / New York (USA): Routledge. ISBN 9781136790874.
- ↑ "Glossary of British and Indian army". Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
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