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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Y Udaya Chandar (25 July 2018). India's Freedom Fighters in Arms. Notion Press. ISBN 9781642498103 . Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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- ↑ "9 Bengali films that captured India's freedom struggle". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
