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- ↑ "Seven years devastation".
- ↑ "A Brief Note on Chahi Taret Khuntakpa".
- ↑ "A Brief history of the Meiteis of Manipur".
- 1 2 "Seven Years Devastation 1819 1826 Book Review by James Oinam".
- ↑ Maibam Chanu Babiya. “The Seven Years Devastation (1819-1826) in Manipur.” Imphal Times