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{{Short description|British Indian Islamic scholar (d. 1929)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Habibur Rahman Usmani
| image =
| honorific_prefix = Fakhr-ul-Hind, Mawlana
| office1 = [[List of Vice Chancellors of Darul Uloom Deoband|9th Vice Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband]]
| term_start1 = 1928
| term_end1 = 5 December 1929
| predecessor1 = [[Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad]]
| successor1 = [[Qari Muhammad Tayyib]]
| office2 = Deputy VC of Darul Uloom Deoband
| term_start2 = 1907
| term_end2 = 1925
| successor2 = Qari Muhammad Tayyib
| office3 = [[Grand Mufti]] of [[Hyderabad State]]
| term_start3 = December 1925
| term_end3 = September 1926
| module = {{Infobox religious biography|embed = yes|religion=Islam
|birth_date = 1277 AH (1860/1861 AD)
|birth_place = [[Deoband]], Saharanpur district, [[North-Western Provinces]], British India
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1929|12|06|1860}}
|death_place = Deoband, Saharanpur district, [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], British India
|alma_mater = [[Darul Uloom Deoband]]
|teachers = {{bulleted list|[[Yaqub Nanautawi]]|[[Mahmud Deobandi]]|[[Syed Ahmad Dehlavi (academic)|Syed Ahmad Dehlavi]]|[[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]]}}
|father = [[Fazlur Rahman Usmani]]
|relatives = {{bulleted list|[[Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani]] (brother)|[[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]] (brother)|[[Usmani family of Deoband#Fazlur Rahman Usmani|Usmani family of Deoband]]}}
|denomination = [[Sunni Islam]]
|Madh'hab = [[Hanafi]]
|creed = [[Maturidi]]
|Sufi_order =
|disciple_of =
|occupation = [[Islamic scholar]], [[muhaddith]]
}}
}}
'''Habibur Rahman Usmani''' (1860–1929), also known as '''Habibur Rahman Deobandi''' and '''Maulāna Habib al-Rahmān''', was an Indian Islamic scholar, Arabic writer and poet, and [[Faqih|Islamic jurist]]. He served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and later as Vice-Chancellor of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] for nearly twenty-three years. He succeeded [[Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad]] as the [[Grand Mufti]] of [[Hyderabad State]], holding the position for about one year.

His students included [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]], [[Manazir Ahsan Gilani]], [[Muhammad Shafi]], [[Habibur Rahman Azami]], [[Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi]], [[Atiqur Rahman Usmani]], [[Qari Muhammad Tayyib]], [[Badre Alam Merathi]], [[Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi]], [[Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi]], [[Manzoor Nomani]], and [[Yusuf Banuri]].{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

== Early life and education ==
Habibur Rahman Usmani was born in [[Deoband]] in 1277 [[Hijri year|AH]] (1860/1861 [[Anno Domini|AD]]).<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kashmiri|first=Khizar Muhammad|title=Zikr-e-Fakhr-ul-Hind|trans-title=A Mention of Fakhrul Hind|date=March 2023|publisher=Shaikhul Hind Academy|location=Deoband|page=25}}</ref><ref name=":"Aqlām"">{{cite journal |date=January–March 2020 |editor-last=Khān |editor-first=Mohsin Atīque |title=مساهمة الشيخ حبيب الرحمن العثماني في الشعر العربي: محمد أبو تراب |trans-title=The Contribution of Sheikh Habib al-Rahman Al-Uthmani to Arabic Poetry: Muhammad Abu Turab |url=https://www.aqlamalhind.com/?p=1694 |journal=Quarterly Aqlām al-Hind (Online) |language=ar |volume=5 |issue=1 |page=1694 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326003056/https://www.aqlamalhind.com/?p=1694 |archive-date=26 March 2024|url-status=live |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="Al-Daie">{{cite journal|editor-last=Amini|editor-first=Noor Alam Khalil|editor-link=Noor Alam Khalil Amini|title=الشيخ حبيب الرحمن العثماني الديوبندي في مدائحه النبوية: رياض أحمد|trans-title=Sheikh Habib al-Rahman al-Uthmani al-Deobandi in His Praises of the Prophet: Riyadh Ahmad |url=https://www.darululoom-deoband.com/arabic/articles/tmp/1554530208%2013-Adab_Al%20Shaikh%20Habiburrahman_4-5_1432.htm |journal=[[Al-Daie]]|date=March–April 2011|volume=35|issue=4–5|page=|language=ar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326003746/https://www.darululoom-deoband.com/arabic/articles/tmp/1554530208%2013-Adab_Al%20Shaikh%20Habiburrahman_4-5_1432.htm |archive-date=26 March 2024|url-status=live|access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref>

His father was [[Fazlur Rahman Usmani]], a co-founder of [[Darul Uloom Deoband]], and his brothers included [[Aziz-ul-Rahman Usmani|Azizur Rahman Usmani]] and [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Qasmi |first=Muhammadullah |author-link=Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi|url=https://archive.org/details/darul-uloom-deob-ki-jamey-wa-mukhtasar-tareekh-edition-2|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ki Jame O Mukhtasar Tareekh |publisher=Shaikh-Ul-Hind Academy |edition=2nd|date= October 2020|page=532|location=India |language=ur|oclc=1345466013}}</ref>

He studied at Darul Uloom Deoband from an early age and graduated in 1300 AH (1883 AD).{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=532}} His teachers included [[Yaqub Nanautawi]],{{Sfn|Qasmi|2013|pp=34, 36}} [[Mahmud Deobandi]], [[Syed Ahmad Dehlavi (academic)|Syed Ahmad Dehlavi]],{{Sfn|Kashmiri|2023|p=25}} and [[Mahmud Hasan Deobandi]].{{Sfn|Khān|2020}} His classmates included [[Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Qasmi|first1=Muhammad Tayyib |title=Darul Uloom Diary: Disciples of Ustāz al-Asātidhah Maulana Muhammad Yaqūb Nanautawi|publisher=Idara Paigham-e-Mahmud|location=Deoband |page=36|date=2013|language=ur}}</ref>

He was an authorized disciple of [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]] in [[Sufism]].<ref name=:"Bukhari">{{cite book |last=Bukhari|first=Akbar Shah|title= Akābir Ulama-e-Deoband|url=https://archive.org/details/AkabirUlamaEDeobandByHafizMuhammadAkbarShahBukhari/page/n45/mode/1up?view=theater |publisher=Idara-e-Islamiat|location= [[Lahore]]|edition=|year=1999|page=90|language=ur}}</ref>

== Career ==
After graduation, he was appointed a teacher at [[Darul Uloom Deoband]],{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=532}}<ref name=:"Aqlām" /> and later, in 1907 AD (1325 AH), he was promoted to Deputy Vice-Chancellor, a position he held until 1925 AD (1343 AH).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rizwi |first=Syed Mehboob |translator= Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi|url=https://archive.org/details/2VolumeBookOnTheHistoryOfDarAlUlumDeoband |title=History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband |publisher=Idara-e Ihtemam, [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |year=1980 |volume=1 |location=UP, India |page=167 |language=en |oclc=20222197 |author-link=Syed Mehboob Rizwi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rizwi |first=Syed Mehboob |translator= Murtaz Hussain F Qureshi|url=https://archive.org/details/2VolumeBookOnTheHistoryOfDarAlUlumDeoband |title=History of the Dar al-Ulum Deoband |publisher=Idara-e Ihtemam, [[Darul Uloom Deoband]] |year=1981 |volume=2 |location=UP, India |pages=173–174 |language=en |oclc=20222197}}</ref>{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|pp=532, 750}}

In late Jumada al-Ula 1344 AH (early December 1925 AD), he succeeded Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad as [[Grand Mufti]] of [[Hyderabad State]]. He returned to Deoband on 12 Rabi' al-Awwal 1345 AH (late September 1926) and worked as Vice-Chancellor, assisting Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad, who was the Head-VC at the time.{{Sfn|Rizwi|1980|pp=208–209}}{{Sfn|Kashmiri|2023|p=38}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Qureshi |first=Hamid Afaq |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZ5uAAAAMAAJ&q=Maulana+habibur+Rahman+Deobandi |title=Glimpses of Deccan and Awadh: 1193-1976 : Essays and Translations |date=2006 |publisher=New Royal Book Company |isbn=978-81-89267-03-2 |page=12 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=:"Tayyib">{{Cite book |last=Tayyib |first=Qari Muhammad|url=https://archive.org/details/tarikh-e-darul-uloom-deoband-by-qari-muhammad-tayyibb |title=Tarīkh-e-Darul Uloom Deoband|trans-title=History of the Darul Uloom Deoband |publisher=Dār-ul-Ishā'at |date=September 1972 |location=Moulvi Musāfir Khana, [[Karachi]] |pages=61–62 |language=ur |author-link=Muhammad Tayyib Qasmi}}</ref> In late 1928 AD (1347 AH), he was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband and remained in this position until his demise in December 1929.{{Sfn|Rizwi|1980|pp=208–209}}{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|pp=534, 747}}

His students included [[Shabbir Ahmad Usmani]], [[Manazir Ahsan Gilani]], [[Muhammad Shafi]], [[Habibur Rahman Azami|Habib al-Rahman al-A'zami]], [[Muhammad Idris Kandhlawi]], [[Atiqur Rahman Usmani]], [[Qari Muhammad Tayyib]], [[Badre Alam Merathi]], [[Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi]], [[Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi]], [[Manzoor Nomani]], [[Yusuf Banuri]], and Abdul Hafeez Balyawi.{{Sfn|Kashmiri|2023|pp=34–35}}<ref name=:"Bukhari" />

In April 1910 ([[Rabi' al-Awwal]] 1328 AH), he launched Darul Uloom Deoband's first magazine, Monthly Al-Qasim, and served as its editor until its publication was discontinued in March 1920. Later, in Muharram 1344 AH (July 1925 AD), when the magazine was reissued, he resumed his role as editor. However, after four years, in 1347 AH (1928), its publication was permanently discontinued. Similarly, from [[Rajab]] 1332 AH (May 1914) to [[Jumada al-Thani|Jumada al-Ukhra]] 1339 AH (March 1920), he served as the editor of Monthly Al-Rashid, another Darul Uloom publication, from its inception until it was discontinued.<ref name=:"Nayab">{{cite book|last=Hasan|first=Nayab|title=Darul Uloom Deoband Ka Sahafati Manzarnama|trans-title=Journalistic Scenario of Darul Uloom Deoband|url=https://archive.org/details/DarulUloomDeobandKaSahafatiManzarNamah |publisher=Idara-e-Tahqīq-e-Islami|location=Deoband|edition=1st|year=2013|pages=105–114|language=ur}}</ref><ref name=":"Muzaffar"">{{cite web |last=Ghazali |first=Muzaffar Hussain |date=13 July 2022 |title=Deoband Ki Sahāfat: Ek Ijmāli Khaka |trans-title=Journalism of Deoband: A Brief Sketch |url=https://qindeelonline.com/deoband-ki-sahafat-aik-ijmali-khaka/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325120247/https://qindeelonline.com/deoband-ki-sahafat-aik-ijmali-khaka/ |archive-date=25 March 2024 |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Qindeel Online |language=ur}}</ref><ref name=:"Kharsawi">{{cite journal|editor-last=Bijnori|editor-first=Muhammad Salman|title=An Introduction to the Magazines 'Al-Qasim', 'Al-Rashid', and 'Monthly Darul Uloom' by Muhammad Shahid Akhtar Qasmi |url=https://darululoom-deoband.com/urduarticles/archives/3897|journal=[[Monthly Darul Uloom]]|date=December 2016|volume=107|issue=2|pages=8–17|language=ur}}</ref>

[[Qari Muhammad Tayyib]] states that [[Anwar Shah Kashmiri]] once remarked, "If I am influenced by anyone's knowledge, it is Maulana Habibur Rahman."<ref name="tayyabqasmi">{{cite book |last1=Tayyib |first1=Qari Muhammad|editor1-last=Bukhari |editor1-first=Akbar Shah |title=50 Misaali Shaksiyaat |trans-title=50 Exemplar Personalities |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/detail/darul-uloom-deoband-ki-pachaas-misali-shakhsiyaat-qari-mohammad-tayyab-ebooks |publisher=Maktaba Faiz-ul-Qur'an |location=[[Deoband]] |page=115 |edition=July 1999 |language=Urdu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Kaleem |first=Mohd |title=Contribution of Old Boys of Darul Uloom Deoband in Hadith Literature |publisher=Department of Sunni Theology, [[Aligarh Muslim University]] |year=2017 |location=India |language=ur |hdl=10603/364028 |type=PhD |page=164 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/364028 |access-date=26 March 2024|archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024044219/https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/10603/364028 |url-status=live}}</ref>

He was an active member of the [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind|Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind]] and presided over its fourth conference held in [[Gaya (India)|Gaya]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province|Bihar]], between 24 and 26 December 1922 AD ([[Jumada al-Awwal|Jumada al-Ula]] 5–7, 1341 AH), where he delivered the presidential sermon.<ref name=:"Rozina">{{Cite book |last=Rozina |first=Parveen|url=https://archive.org/details/jamiat-ullma-i-hind-vol-1-001 |title=Jamiat-ul-Ulama, Hind|publisher=National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research |edition=1st |year=1980 |location=[[Islamabad]] |pages=137, 140 |language=ur}}</ref><ref name=:"Sandelvi">{{Cite book |last=Sandelvi |first=Shujaat Ali |url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/intikhab-khutbat-e-jamiyat-ulma-e-hind-ebooks |title=Intekhāb Khutbāt-e-Jamiat-i-Ulama-e-Hind|publisher=[[Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy]] |edition=1st |year=1988 |location=Lucknow |pages=83–90 |language=ur}}</ref><ref name=:"Aqlām" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Miftahi|first=Zafeeruddin|author-link=Zafeeruddin Miftahi|title=Mashaheer-e-Ulama-e-Darul Uloom Deoband|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/mashaheer-e-ulama-e-darul-uloom-deoband-mohammad-zafeeruddin-ebooks |publisher=Daftar Ijalas-e-Sad Sala|location= [[Deoband]]|edition=first|year=1980|page=41|language=ur}}</ref>

He actively participated in the [[Khilafat Movement|Khilafat movement]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Minault |first=Gail |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gAW8GreFqjkC&dq=Habibur+Rahman+Usmani&pg=PA288 |title=The Khilafat Movement: Religious Symbolism and Political Mobilization in India |year=1982 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-51539-9 |page=98 |language=en |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ansari |first=Arif |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IMylEAAAQBAJ&dq=Maulana+habib+ur-rehman+Deobandi&pg=PT224 |title=The Khilafat Movement |date=2023-01-05 |publisher=Notion Press |isbn=979-8-88869-333-9 |language=en |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Niemeijer |first=A. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CP37EAAAQBAJ&dq=Maulana+habib+ur-rehman+Deobandi&pg=PA152 |title=The Khilafat Movement in India 1919-1924 |date=2012-12-11 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-28692-4 |pages=152 |language=en |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Nanda |first=B. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZiwpDwAAQBAJ&dq=Maulana+habibur+Rahman+Deobandi&pg=PT342 |title=Gandhi: Pan-Islamism, Imperialism and Nationalism in India |date=2001-12-14 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-908771-6 |language=en |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref> and presided over several conferences held in [[Meerut]] and [[Muzaffarnagar]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|UP]], between March and April 1920.{{Sfn|Minault|1982|pp=98, 107, 266}}

== Literary works ==
Usmani specialized in Arabic and Urdu literature and history. He wrote a [[qasida]] entitled ''Lāmiyat al-Mu'jizāt'', which describes one hundred [[Islamic view of miracles|miracles]] of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]] in about three hundred [[Verse (poetry)|verses]]. It has also been translated into Urdu by [[Izaz Ali Amrohi]].{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|p=533}}{{Sfn|Rizwi|1981|p=175}} He wrote another qasida of two hundred and eighty-five verses titled ''Bāmiyat-ul-Mu'jizāt'', which explores one hundred miracles of Prophet Muhammad.{{Sfn|Khān|2020}}

He composed several poems in honor of [[Hyderabad State]]'s last Nizam, [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]]. These poems were not written for financial gain but rather to express admiration for the Nizam’s concern and interest in religious affairs and Islamic institutions, particularly because{{Sfn|Amini|2011}} he granted a monthly donation of five hundred rupees to Darul Uloom Deoband.{{Sfn|Amini|2011}}{{Sfn|Rizwi|1980|pp=189–190}}

His works include:{{Sfn|Rizwi|1981|pp=174–175}}{{Sfn|Qasmi|2020|pp=533–534}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Qasmi|first1=Khurshid Hasan|title=Darul Uloom Aur Deoband Ki Tarīkhi Shakhsiyyāt|trans-title=Historical Figures of Darul Uloom and Deoband|url=https://archive.org/details/BESTUBOOKSDDTS/mode/1up |publisher=Maktaba Tafsir al-Qur'an|location=Jamia Masjid, [[Deoband]]|page=20|edition=1st|year=2003|language=ur}}</ref>{{Sfn|Khān|2020}}{{Sfn|Amini|2011}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Mubarakpuri|first=Arif Jameel|author-link=Arif Jameel Mubarakpuri|title=Mausoo'a Ulama-u-Deoband|trans-title=The Encyclopedia of Deobandi Scholars|date=2021|edition=1st|publisher=Shaikhul Hind Academy|location=Deoband|page=78|language=ar}}</ref>
* ''Mu'īn al-Labīb Fī Jam'-i-Qasāid al-Habīb'' (his [[Diwan (poetry)|dīwān]], compiled by Izāz Alī Amrohi)
* ''Ishā'at-e-Islām: Dunya Mein Islām Kiyun Kar Phala?'' (in Urdu; {{translation|Spread of Islam: How did Islam spread across the world?}})
* ''Ta'līmāt-e-Islām'' (in Urdu; {{translation|The Teachings of Islam}})
* ''Hāshiyah Maqāmāt-e-Harīrī'' (his Urdu annotations on [[al-Hariri of Basra|Al-Hariri]]'s [[Maqamat al-Hariri]])
* ''Hāshiyah Tafsīr al-Jalālayn'' (his annotations on [[Al-Mahalli]]'s [[Tafsir al-Jalalayn]])
* ''Rahmatul Lil-Ālamīn'' or ''Sīrat-e-Sayyid al-Murasalīn'' (an incomplete prophetic biography of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]])

== Death ==
Usmani died on 4 Rajab 1348 AH (6 December 1929 AD) in Deoband and was buried in [[Qasmi cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite thesis
|last=Rahman
|first=Obaidur
|title=مساهمة علماء ديوبند في اللغة العربية وآدابها ١٨٦٧م - ٢٠١٣م|trans-title=Contribution of Ulama of Deoband to Arabic Language and Literature from 1867 to 2013
|publisher=Department of Arabic, [[Banaras Hindu University]]
|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/536377
|year=2021
|location=India
|language=ar
|hdl=10603/536377
|type=PhD
|page=76
}}</ref>{{Sfn|Rizwi|1981|p=175}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Adrawi|first=Asir|author-link=Asir Adrawi|title=Tazkirah Mashāhīr-e-Hind: Karwān-e-Rafta|url=https://archive.org/details/Tazkira-Mashaheer-i-Hind-Karwan-i-Rafta/page/n122/mode/1up?view=theater |page=72|location=[[Deoband]]|publisher= Darul Muallifeen |edition=1st |date=1994|language=ur}}</ref>

[[Sulaiman Nadvi]], in an issue of Ma'arif magazine published in [[Azamgarh]], expressed his grief over Usmani's passing and described his death as the greatest academic and educational loss of that month.<ref>{{cite book |last1=ar-Rahman |first1=Fuyūz|title=Mashāhīr-e-Ulama-e-Deoband|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/mashaheer-ulama-e-deoband-qari-fuyuzur-rahman-ebooks |year=1976|publisher=Azīzia Book Depot|location=Urdu Bazar, [[Lahore]] |pages=128–129|contribution=Maulana Sharif Hasan Sahab|language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |editor1-last=Nadvi|editor1-first=Syed Sulaiman|editor1-link=Sulaiman Nadvi|title=Shadharāt|url=https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/maarif-shumara-number-006-unknown-editor-magazines-1 |journal=[[Ma'arif]]|date=December 1929| volume=24|issue=6 |page=1|publisher=[[Darul Musannefin Shibli Academy]]|location=Azamgarh|language=ur}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Deobandis]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite book |last=Saʻīd |first=Aḥmad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BGZuAAAAMAAJ&q=Habibur+Rahman+Usmani |title=Muslim India, 1857-1947: A Biographical Dictionary |date=1997 |publisher=Institute of Pakistan Historical Research |pages=331 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book|url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/260080/bismrrito-monisha|title=বিস্মৃত মনীষা: দারুল উলুম দেওবন্দের বিস্মৃত মনীষীদের জীবনালেখ্য|trans-title=Forgotten People: Biographies of the forgotten thinkers of Darul Uloom Deoband|last=Aziz|first=Hasan|year=2022|publisher=Punoray Prokashon|location=Dhaka|pages=51–63|language=bn}}
* {{Cite thesis |last1=Sulaiman |first1=A. F. M. |date=2011 |title=Indian Contributions to Arabic Literature: A Study on Mohd Rabe Hasani Nadwi |journal=University |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/92992 |type=Ph.D. |publisher=Assam University |hdl=10603/92992 |via=Shodhganga |page=71–73}}

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