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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ https://tribal.nic.in/ST/LatestListofScheduledtribes.pdf
- ↑ https://tribal.nic.in/WriteReadData/CMS/Documents/201212010344115039062File1061.pdf
- ↑ https://data.gov.in/resource/population-mother-tongue-2011-manipur
- ↑ "Scheduled Tribes" (PDF). DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK CHURACHANDPUR (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations Manipur. 2011. p. 28.
- ↑ https://data.gov.in/resource/population-mother-tongue-2011-mizoram
- ↑ https://data.gov.in/resource/population-mother-tongue-2011-assam
- ↑ https://data.gov.in/resource/population-mother-tongue-2011-meghalaya
- 1 2 3 Census of India 2011 (2011). "Hmar" - Language: India, States and Union Territories (Table C-16) (PDF). Office of the Registrar General, India. p. 9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "MIZORAM DATA HIGHLIGHTS : THE SCHEDULED TRIBES Census of India 2001" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ↑ https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/16937/IN
- ↑ Dena, Lal (2008). In Search of Identity: Hmars of North East India. Akansha Publishing House: Delhi.
- ↑ "About". Bibles For The World. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
