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Gerwani (Wikipedia Inggris, diakses 2026-10-13)
Gerwani (English Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-13)
English Wikipedia article on Gerwani (retrieved 13 Oct 2026), a long synthesis relying on Wieringa, Blackburn, Martyn and Drakeley, covering post-independence context, 1950 founding, activities and the 1965 destruction. Encyclopedic summary; flagged as needing citations.
Artikel Wikipedia Inggris tentang Gerwani (diakses 13 Okt 2026), sintesis panjang yang bersandar pada Wieringa, Blackburn, Martyn dan Drakeley, mencakup konteks pasca-kemerdekaan, pendirian 1950, kegiatan dan penghancuran 1965. Ringkasan ensiklopedis; ditandai perlu rujukan.
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- web article (encyclopedia entry (English Wikipedia article, crowd-authored; carries a 'needs more citations' banner dating from October 2011))
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- English Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerwani, open access (CC BY-SA), retrieved 2026-10-13. Saved as plain text in Nath's Gerwani folder. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
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- Gerwani. (2026). In Wikipedia. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerwani
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- Good (0.927) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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- 02 Secondary Sources › 2.5 Journalism, Web Essays and Reference
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- condensed from full annotation
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