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- 1 2 3 Wolpert, Stanley (1962). Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India . University of California Press. p. 326.
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- ↑ Hulsurkar, Tejaswini (27 April 2008). "Denarya Hatancha Udtyojak: Vasukaka Joshi". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). Mumbai . Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ↑ Ganachari, Aravind (2005). Nationalism and Social Reform in Colonial Situation. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 9788178353517.
- 1 2 Sen 1973, p. 345.
Bibliography
- Sen, S.P. (1973). Dictionary of National Biography. Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta.
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