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- 1 2 "...examination was instituted in 1922, the following IP officers who came to the Indian Punjab in 1947 had joined: SR Chaudhari, 1923", Police and politics in twentieth century Punjab, pp 57, Bhagwan Singh Danewalia, Ajanta, 1997
- ↑ The India Office and Burma Office list for 1945, pp 324, Great Britain. India Office, Harrison and Sons, ltd., 1945
- 1 2 The Times of India directory and year book including who's who, pp 698, Times of India, Bombay, The Times of India Press, 1952
- 1 2 "The Police Administration in the State was headed by an Inspector General of Police who was also Inspector General of Police for Union Territories of Delhi and Ajmer. Sh. S.R. Chaudhary IP, was the first IGP.", BRIEF HISTORY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH POLICE
- 1 2 The Times of India directory and year book including who's who: Volume 38, Sir Stanley Reed, Bennett, Coleman & Co., 1953
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