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1103:Jhaverchand Meghani
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887:Puraatan Jyot −1938
884:Sorathee Santo-1928
529:Rang Che Barot-1945
490:Sorathi Baharvatiya
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467:Rabindranath Tagore
297:Phulchhab Newspaper
281:Rabindranath Tagore
269:Raashtreeya Shaayar
72:Jhaverchand Meghani
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878:Narvir Lalaji-1927
677:Chellu Prayan-1947
636:Sorthiya Duha-1947
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316:The Ruby Shattered
277:Mahida Paaritoshik
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1080:. 23 October 2013
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285:Kathaa-u-Kaahinee
243:28 August 1896 –
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