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- ↑ MAN WITH A MISSION
- ↑ Samaja Parivarthana Samudaya
- ↑ National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources(NCPNR)
- ↑ National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources
- ↑ The man who took on the mining mafia in Karnataka
- ↑ Will continue fight against illegal mining, says S.R.Hiremath
- ↑ Joshi-survey-of-india-team Men who led the crusade against illegal mining [ dead link ]
- ↑ Illegal mining and community control of natural resources
- ↑ "ಎಸ್ಆರ್ ಹಿರೇಮಠ ಯಾರು? ಸಂಕ್ಷಿಪ್ತ ಪರಿಚಯ". 31 December 2013.
- ↑ [gallery.oneindia.in/news-in-pics/sri-s-r-hiremath-honoured-karnataka-person-of-year-2013/photos-c44-e45502-p401257.html Karnataka Person of the Year 2018]