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The Life of Swami Vivekananda By His Eastern and Western Disciples, Volume 2 (Advaita Ashrama, Kolkata, 2006), pp 169.
Vivekananda in Indian Newspapers 1893-1902 – Edtd. By Sankari Prasad Basu and Sunil Bihari Ghosh (Dineshchandra Basu, Basu Bhattacharyya And Co. (Pvt) LTD., Calcutta, 1969), page 212.
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http://www.biship.com/index.htm> Accessed March 27, 2011.

http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/bistart.html> Accessed March 27, 2011.

http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/bistart.html> Accessed March 27, 2011

http://www.rakaia.co.uk/downloads/british-india-history.pdf >Accessed March 27, 2011.

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http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=4707323> Accessed March 27, 2011.

http://www.alfakom.se/specks/golconda.htm> Accessed March 27, 2011.

The Golconda I was built in 1863 and belonged to the Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. On August 29, 1863 she sailed on her maiden voyage from Southampton to Calcutta. She was eventually sold at Bombay on 17th May 1881 to B. Mohamed Habdue Rayman for 5,311 pounds. [URL: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsG.html> Accessed March 28, 2011.]
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A ship, according to The Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary, intended to be sunk in a channel or faraway to block its use.
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