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Divided and uncertain loyalties: partition, Indian sovereignty and contested citizenship in East Africa, 1948-1955. / Sutton, D. R.
In: Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, 01.07.2007, p. 276-288.

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Sutton DR. Divided and uncertain loyalties: partition, Indian sovereignty and contested citizenship in East Africa, 1948-1955. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. 2007 Jul 1;9(2):276-288. doi: 10.1080/13698010701409194

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Sutton, D. R. / Divided and uncertain loyalties : partition, Indian sovereignty and contested citizenship in East Africa, 1948-1955. In: Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. 2007 ; Vol. 9, No. 2. pp. 276-288.

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