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PETER HEEHS is based at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry.

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Heehs, P. Bengali religious nationalism and communalism. Hindu Studies 1, 117–139 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-997-0015-8

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