Satyapal Dang (2000). Terrorism In Punjab. GPH. p. 412. ISBN 978-8121206594.
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External links
- "In Memory of Satyapal Dang". YouTube video. NewsClickin. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
Further reading
- Communist Party of India (21 June 2013). "Legendary Communist Leader Satpal Dang is No More". New Age Weekly.
- "Remembering Comrade Dang". Purushottam Agrawal. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
Satyapal Dang | |
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 Satyapal Dang at the funeral of Sohan Singh Bhakna in 1968 | |
| Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Department, Punjab | |
| In office 8 March 1967 –25 November 1967 |