Distinctive citizenship: Refugees, subjects and post-colonial state in India's partition

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Distinctive citizenship : Refugees, subjects and post-colonial state in India's partition. / Kaur, Ravinder.

In: Cultural and Social History, Vol. 6, No. 4, 01.12.2009, p. 429-446.

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Kaur, R 2009, 'Distinctive citizenship: Refugees, subjects and post-colonial state in India's partition', Cultural and Social History, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 429-446. https://doi.org/10.2752/147800409X466272

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Kaur, R. (2009). Distinctive citizenship: Refugees, subjects and post-colonial state in India's partition. Cultural and Social History, 6(4), 429-446. https://doi.org/10.2752/147800409X466272

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Kaur R. Distinctive citizenship: Refugees, subjects and post-colonial state in India's partition. Cultural and Social History. 2009 Dec 1;6(4):429-446. https://doi.org/10.2752/147800409X466272

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Kaur, Ravinder. / Distinctive citizenship : Refugees, subjects and post-colonial state in India's partition. In: Cultural and Social History. 2009 ; Vol. 6, No. 4. pp. 429-446.

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