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Aa¨vcK Avwbmy¾vgv‡bi M‡elYv-cÖKí¸‡jvi g‡a¨ `ywU we‡klfv‡e D‡jøL‡hvM¨| GKwU nj evsjv mvwnZ¨ I evOvwji
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†jLv‡jwLi GKwU Ac~Y© ZvwjKv GiKg : K) ‘A note on two manuscripts of ‘Svorodaya’’, [Chittagong University
Studies, Part 1, Vol. ii, 1978]; L) Factory Correspondence and other Bengali Documents in the India Office Library
and Records, [London, 1981]; M) ÔAóv`k kZvãxi wKQz evsjv wPwVcÎÕ, [fvlv I mvwnZ¨ cÎ, lô el©, 1385]; N)
ÔAvVv‡iv kZ‡Ki GKwU gvgjvi bw_Õ, [mvwnZ¨ cwÎKv, el©v, 1389]; O) AvVv‡iv kZ‡Ki evsjv wPwV [PÆMÖvg, 1982]

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