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	\| name = Ullaskar Dutta		\| name = Ullaskar Dutta
	\| birth_name =		\| birth_name =
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1885\|04\|16\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1885\|04\|16\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~Brahmanbaria District~~]], [[Bengal ~~Presidency]]~~, ~~[[British Raj\|~~British India~~]] (now Bangladesh)~~		\| birth_place = [[Sarail Upazila\|Kalikaccha]], Brahmanbaria, Bengal, British India
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1965\|05\|17\|1885\|04\|16\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1965\|05\|17\|1885\|04\|16\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = [[~~Calcutta, West Bengal~~]], India		\| death_place = [[Silchar]], Assam, India
	~~\| death_cause =~~		\| education = [[Presidency University, Kolkata\|Presidency University]]
	\| education = [[Presidency University, Kolkata\|Presidency University~~]], [[Calcutta~~]]		\| alma_mater =
	\| alma_mater =		\| occupation = Indian independence activist
	\| occupation = Indian independence activist		\| known_for = Freedom Struggle
	\| known_for = Freedom Struggle		\| image = Ullaskar.jpg
	\| image = Ullaskar ~~Dutta~~.jpg		\| caption =
	\| caption =		\| other_names =
	~~\| native_name = উল্লাসকর দত্ত~~		\| movement = [[Indian Independence movement]]
	~~\| native_name_lang~~ = ~~Bengali~~		\| organisation = {{ubl\|[[Jugantar]]\|[[Anushilan Samiti]]}}
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	\| movement = [[Indian Independence movement]]
	\| organisation = [[Jugantar]] & [[Anushilan Samiti]]
	\| awards =
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	'''Ullaskar Dutta''' (16 April 1885 – 17 May 1965) was an Indian revolutionary associated with [[Anushilan Samiti]] and [[Jugantar]] of Bengal and was a close associate of [[Barin Ghosh\|Barindra ~~nath~~ Ghosh]].		'''Ullaskar Dutta''' (16 April 1885 – 17 May 1965) was an Indian revolutionary associated with [[Anushilan Samiti]] and [[Jugantar]] of Bengal, and was a close associate of [[Barin Ghosh\|Barindra Ghosh]]. He was the principal bomb maker of the Jugantar group<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Heehs \|first=Peter \|author-link=Peter Heehs \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G4JuAAAAMAAJ \|title=The Bomb in Bengal: The Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism in India, 1900-1910 \|year=1993 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-563350-4 \|pages=118–119 \|language=en}}</ref> until [[Hemchandra Kanungo]] returned from Paris learning political theory and explosive chemistry.

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Ullaskar was born in the village of Kalikachha in the [[Brahmanbaria District\|Brahmanbaria]] ~~district~~ of present-day [[Bangladesh]] ~~in a [[Baidya]] family~~.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Mukherjee\|first=Soumyendra Nath\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHVuAAAAMAAJ\|title=Calcutta: Myths and History\|date=1977\|publisher=Subarnarekha\|isbn=978-0-8364-0202-5\|language=en\|access-date=9 February 2022\|archive-date=22 August 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822144948/https://books.google.com/books?id=PHVuAAAAMAAJ\|url-status=live}}</ref> His father Dwijadas Duttagupta was a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] and had a degree in agriculture from the [[University of London]]. After passing entrance examination in 1903, he took admission in the [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]], [[Kolkata]] and his passion was for the subject Chemistry. However, he was [[Rustication (academia)\|rusticated]] from the college for hitting a British professor, Professor Russell, who made some derogatory comment about [[Bengal]]is.		Ullaskar was born on 16 April 1885 to a Bengali [[Baidya]]<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Saral \|first=Shrikrishna \|title=Indian Revolutionaries - A Comprehensive Study, 1757-1961 · Volume 1 \|publisher=Ocean Books \|year=1999 \|isbn=978-81-87100-16-4 \|pages=57 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=2023-04-12 \|title=Remembering a revolutionary \|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/remembering-a-revolutionary-1503171363.html \|access-date=2025-08-31 \|work=The Statesman \|type=Opinion \|language=en}}</ref> family in the village of Kalikachha, [[Sarail Upazila\|Sarail]], then located under the [[Brahmanbaria District\|Brahmanbaria subdivision]] of the [[Bengal Presidency\|Bengal Province]]'s [[Meghna Division\|Tipperah District]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]]).<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Mukherjee \|first=Soumyendra Nath \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHVuAAAAMAAJ \|title=Calcutta: Myths and History \|date=1977 \|publisher=Subarnarekha \|isbn=978-0-8364-0202-5 \|language=en \|access-date=9 February 2022 \|archive-date=22 August 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822144948/https://books.google.com/books?id=PHVuAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live}}</ref> His father Dwijadas Duttagupta was a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] and had a degree in agriculture from the [[University of London]]. After passing entrance examination in 1903, he took admission in the [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]], Kolkata and his passion was for the subject Chemistry. However, he was [[Rustication (academia)\|rusticated]] from the college for hitting a British professor, Professor Russell, who made some derogatory comment about [[Bengal]]is.

	==Revolutionary activities==		==Revolutionary activities==
	Ullaskar was a member of the [[Jugantar]] party and he became expert in bomb-making. [[Khudiram Bose]] used a bomb manufactured by Ullaskar and [[Hemchandra Kanungo\|Hem Chandra Das]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar\|title=Datta, Ullaskar - Banglapedia\|access-date=30 January 2016\|archive-date=3 February 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203161243/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar\|url-status=live}}</ref> in an attempt to murder the ~~venerable~~ magistrate, Kingsford. However, police caught many members of the Jugantar group including Ullaskar Dutta, [[Barindra Ghosh]] and Khudiram.		Ullaskar was a member of the [[Jugantar]] party and he became expert in bomb-making. [[Khudiram Bose]] used a bomb manufactured by Ullaskar and [[Hemchandra Kanungo\|Hem Chandra Das]]<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar \|title=Datta, Ullaskar \|website=Banglapedia \|access-date=30 January 2016 \|archive-date=3 February 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203161243/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar \|url-status=live}}</ref> in an attempt to murder the notorious magistrate, Kingsford. However, police caught many members of the Jugantar group including Ullaskar Dutta, [[Barindra Ghosh]] and Khudiram.

	==Trial and sentence==		==Trial and sentence==
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	==Cellular jail==		==Cellular jail==
	Ullaskar was subjected to brutal torture in the Cellular Jail and is said have lost his mental balance. He was set free in 1920 and he returned to Kolkata.		Ullaskar was subjected to brutal torture and repeated electrocution in the Cellular Jail and is said have lost his mental balance.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Sanyal \|first=Sanjeev \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_CgEAAAQBAJ \|title=Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom \|date=2023-01-10 \|publisher=Harper Collins \|isbn=978-93-5629-595-7 \|language=en \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226043328/https://books.google.com/books/about/Revolutionaries.html?id=n_CgEAAAQBAJ \|archive-date=2023-02-26}}</ref> He was set free in 1920 and he returned to Kolkata.

	==Later life==		==Later life==
	Ullaskar was again arrested in 1931 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He returned to his home village Kalikachha when colonial rule ended in 1947. After a lonely life of 10 years, he returned to Kolkata in 1957.		Ullaskar was again arrested in 1931 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He returned to his home village Kalikachha when colonial rule ended in 1947. After a lonely life of 10 years, he returned to Kolkata in 1957.
	After returning to Kolkata he married his childhood friend Lila,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sundarimohan.org/about-us.aspx\|title=Sundari Mohan\|access-date=27 December 2019\|archive-date=27 December 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227061022/http://sundarimohan.org/about-us.aspx\|url-status=live}}</ref> daughter of [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] at ~~that~~ time ~~she~~ was a physically challenged ~~widow woman~~ and went to [[Silchar]], the district town of [[Cachar District]] of [[Assam]] and spent his later life there. He died on 17 May 1965 in [[~~Kolkata, West Bengal~~]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?~~ei=4N5oTOG_KNP0cN-l-I8F&ct=result&~~id=IDQgAQAAIAAJ~~&dq=ullaskar+dutta~~&q=%22ullaskar+dutta%22~~#search_anchor~~ Official Report, Assam Legislative Assembly]</ref> Recently, two roads in Kolkata and Silchar were named after him.		After returning to Kolkata, he married his childhood friend Lila,<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://sundarimohan.org/about-us.aspx \|title=Sundari Mohan \|access-date=27 December 2019 \|archive-date=27 December 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227061022/http://sundarimohan.org/about-us.aspx \|url-status=live}}</ref> daughter of [[Bipin Chandra Pal]], who at the time was physically challenged and widowed. He went to [[Silchar]], the district town of [[Cachar District]] of [[Assam]] and spent his later life there. He died on 17 May 1965 in [[Silchar]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IDQgAQAAIAAJ&q=%22ullaskar+dutta%22 Official Report, Assam Legislative Assembly]</ref> Recently, two roads in Kolkata and Silchar were named after him.

	==Works==		==Works==
	* ''Dvipantarer Katha'' (The Tale of Deportation)		* ''Dvipantarer Katha'' (The Tale of Deportation)
	* ''Amar Karajiban'' (My Prison Life) (translated into English as ''Twelve Years of Prison Life'' in 1924).		* ''Amar Karajiban'' ({{lit\|My Prison Life}}) (translated into English as ''Twelve Years of Prison Life'' in 1924).

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{~~cite book~~ \|~~last~~=Litu \|first=Shekh Muhammad Sayed Ullah \|year=2012 \|chapter=Datta, Ullaskar \|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar \|editor1-last=Islam \|editor1-first=Sirajul \|editor1-link=Sirajul Islam \|editor2-last=Jamal \|editor2-first=Ahmed A. \|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|edition=Second \|publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}		* {{usurped\|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060503013636/http://www.andamancellularjail.org/D1.htm Cellular jail website]}}
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060503013636/http://www.andamancellularjail.org/D1.htm Cellular jail website]

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			\| name = Ullaskar Dutta
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			\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1885\|04\|16\|df=yes}}
			\| birth_place = [[Brahmanbaria District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj\|British India]] (now Bangladesh)
			\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1965\|05\|17\|1885\|04\|16\|df=yes}}
			\| death_place = [[Calcutta, West Bengal]], India
			\| death_cause =
			\| education = [[Presidency University, Kolkata\|Presidency University]], [[Calcutta]]
			\| alma_mater =
			\| occupation = Indian independence activist
			\| known_for = Freedom Struggle
			\| image = Ullaskar Dutta.jpg
			\| caption =
			\| native_name = উল্লাসকর দত্ত
			\| native_name_lang = Bengali
			\| other_names =
			\| movement = [[Indian Independence movement]]
			\| organisation = [[Jugantar]] & [[Anushilan Samiti]]
			\| awards =
			}}
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	~~[[File:Ullaskar Dutta.jpg\|thumb\|This is the photo of Ullaskar Dutta, a famous freedom fighter.]]~~		'''Ullaskar Dutta''' (16 April 1885 – 17 May 1965) was an Indian revolutionary associated with [[Anushilan Samiti]] and [[Jugantar]] of Bengal and was a close associate of [[Barin Ghosh\|Barindra nath Ghosh]].
	'''Ullaskar Dutta''' (16 April 1885 – 17 May 1965) was an ~~[[British India\|~~Indian]] revolutionary associated with [[Anushilan Samiti]] and [[Jugantar]] of Bengal and was a close associate of [[Barin Ghosh\|Barindra nath Ghosh]].

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Ullaskar was born in the village of Kalikachha in the [[Brahmanbaria District\|Brahmanbaria]] district of present-day [[Bangladesh]] in a [[Baidya]] family. His father Dwijadas Duttagupta was a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] and had a degree in agriculture from the [[University of London]]. After passing entrance examination in 1903, he took admission in the [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]], [[Kolkata]] and his passion was for the subject Chemistry. However, he was [[Rustication (academia)\|rusticated]] from the college for hitting a British professor, Professor Russell, who made some derogatory comment about [[Bengal]]is.		Ullaskar was born in the village of Kalikachha in the [[Brahmanbaria District\|Brahmanbaria]] district of present-day [[Bangladesh]] in a [[Baidya]] family.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Mukherjee\|first=Soumyendra Nath\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHVuAAAAMAAJ\|title=Calcutta: Myths and History\|date=1977\|publisher=Subarnarekha\|isbn=978-0-8364-0202-5\|language=en\|access-date=9 February 2022\|archive-date=22 August 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822144948/https://books.google.com/books?id=PHVuAAAAMAAJ\|url-status=live}}</ref> His father Dwijadas Duttagupta was a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] and had a degree in agriculture from the [[University of London]]. After passing entrance examination in 1903, he took admission in the [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]], [[Kolkata]] and his passion was for the subject Chemistry. However, he was [[Rustication (academia)\|rusticated]] from the college for hitting a British professor, Professor Russell, who made some derogatory comment about [[Bengal]]is.

	==Revolutionary activities==		==Revolutionary activities==
	Ullaskar was a member of the [[Jugantar]] party and he became expert in bomb-making. [[Khudiram Bose]] used a bomb manufactured by Ullaskar and [[Hemchandra Kanungo\|Hem Chandra Das]]<ref>[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar~~]''~~</ref> in an attempt to murder the venerable magistrate, Kingsford. However, police caught many members of the Jugantar group including Ullaskar Dutta, [[Barindra Ghosh]] and Khudiram.		Ullaskar was a member of the [[Jugantar]] party and he became expert in bomb-making. [[Khudiram Bose]] used a bomb manufactured by Ullaskar and [[Hemchandra Kanungo\|Hem Chandra Das]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar\|title=Datta, Ullaskar - Banglapedia\|access-date=30 January 2016\|archive-date=3 February 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203161243/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar\|url-status=live}}</ref> in an attempt to murder the venerable magistrate, Kingsford. However, police caught many members of the Jugantar group including Ullaskar Dutta, [[Barindra Ghosh]] and Khudiram.

	==Trial and sentence==		==Trial and sentence==
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	==Later life==		==Later life==
	Ullaskar was again arrested in 1931 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He returned to his home village Kalikachha when colonial rule ended in 1947. After a lonely life of 10 years, he returned to Kolkata in 1957.		Ullaskar was again arrested in 1931 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He returned to his home village Kalikachha when colonial rule ended in 1947. After a lonely life of 10 years, he returned to Kolkata in 1957.
	After returning to Kolkata he married his childhood friend Lila,<ref>[http://sundarimohan.org/about-us.aspx ]</ref> daughter of [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] at that time she was a physically challenged widow woman and went to [[Silchar]], the district town of [[Cachar District]] of [[Assam]] and spent his later life there. He died on 17 May 1965.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=4N5oTOG_KNP0cN-l-I8F&ct=result&id=IDQgAQAAIAAJ&dq=ullaskar+dutta&q=%22ullaskar+dutta%22#search_anchor Official Report, Assam Legislative Assembly]</ref> Recently, two roads in Kolkata and Silchar were named after him.		After returning to Kolkata he married his childhood friend Lila,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://sundarimohan.org/about-us.aspx\|title=Sundari Mohan\|access-date=27 December 2019\|archive-date=27 December 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227061022/http://sundarimohan.org/about-us.aspx\|url-status=live}}</ref> daughter of [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] at that time she was a physically challenged widow woman and went to [[Silchar]], the district town of [[Cachar District]] of [[Assam]] and spent his later life there. He died on 17 May 1965 in [[Kolkata, West Bengal]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=4N5oTOG_KNP0cN-l-I8F&ct=result&id=IDQgAQAAIAAJ&dq=ullaskar+dutta&q=%22ullaskar+dutta%22#search_anchor Official Report, Assam Legislative Assembly]</ref> Recently, two roads in Kolkata and Silchar were named after him.

	==Works==		==Works==
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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Ullaskar was born in the village of Kalikachha in the [[Brahmanbaria District\|Brahmanbaria]] district of present-day [[Bangladesh]] in a [[Baidya]] family. His father Dwijadas Duttagupta was a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] and had a degree in ~~Agriculture~~ from the [[University of London]]. After passing entrance examination in 1903, he took admission in the [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]], [[Kolkata]]. However, he was [[Rustication (academia)\|rusticated]] from the college for hitting a British professor, Professor Russell, who made some derogatory comment about [[Bengal]]is.		Ullaskar was born in the village of Kalikachha in the [[Brahmanbaria District\|Brahmanbaria]] district of present-day [[Bangladesh]] in a [[Baidya]] family. His father Dwijadas Duttagupta was a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] and had a degree in agriculture from the [[University of London]]. After passing entrance examination in 1903, he took admission in the [[Presidency College, Kolkata\|Presidency College]], [[Kolkata]] and his passion was for the subject Chemistry. However, he was [[Rustication (academia)\|rusticated]] from the college for hitting a British professor, Professor Russell, who made some derogatory comment about [[Bengal]]is.

	==Revolutionary activities==		==Revolutionary activities==
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[[File:Ullaskar Dutta.jpg|thumb|This is the photo of Ullaskar Dutta, a famous freedom fighter.]]
'''Ullaskar Dutta''' (16 April 1885 – 17 May 1965) was an [[British India|Indian]] revolutionary associated with [[Anushilan Samiti]] and [[Jugantar]] of Bengal and was a close associate of [[Barin Ghosh|Barindra nath Ghosh]].

==Early life==
Ullaskar was born in the village of Kalikachha in the [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]] district of present-day [[Bangladesh]] in a [[Baidya]] family. His father Dwijadas Duttagupta was a member of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] and had a degree in Agriculture from the [[University of London]]. After passing entrance examination in 1903, he took admission in the [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], [[Kolkata]]. However, he was [[Rustication (academia)|rusticated]] from the college for hitting a British professor, Professor Russell, who made some derogatory comment about [[Bengal]]is.

==Revolutionary activities==
Ullaskar was a member of the [[Jugantar]] party and he became expert in bomb-making. [[Khudiram Bose]] used a bomb manufactured by Ullaskar and [[Hemchandra Kanungo|Hem Chandra Das]]<ref>[http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar]''</ref> in an attempt to murder the venerable magistrate, Kingsford. However, police caught many members of the Jugantar group including Ullaskar Dutta, [[Barindra Ghosh]] and Khudiram.

==Trial and sentence==
In the famous [[Alipore bomb case]], Ullaskar was arrested on 2 May 1908 and he was sentenced to death by hanging in 1909. Later, on appeal, the verdict was reduced to transportation for life and he was deported to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands|Andaman]].

==Cellular jail==
Ullaskar was subjected to brutal torture in the Cellular Jail and is said have lost his mental balance. He was set free in 1920 and he returned to Kolkata.

==Later life==
Ullaskar was again arrested in 1931 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He returned to his home village Kalikachha when colonial rule ended in 1947. After a lonely life of 10 years, he returned to Kolkata in 1957.
After returning to Kolkata he married his childhood friend Lila,<ref>[http://sundarimohan.org/about-us.aspx ]</ref> daughter of [[Bipin Chandra Pal]] at that time she was a physically challenged widow woman and went to [[Silchar]], the district town of [[Cachar District]] of [[Assam]] and spent his later life there. He died on 17 May 1965.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?ei=4N5oTOG_KNP0cN-l-I8F&ct=result&id=IDQgAQAAIAAJ&dq=ullaskar+dutta&q=%22ullaskar+dutta%22#search_anchor Official Report, Assam Legislative Assembly]</ref> Recently, two roads in Kolkata and Silchar were named after him.

==Works==
* ''Dvipantarer Katha'' (The Tale of Deportation)
* ''Amar Karajiban'' (My Prison Life) (translated into English as ''Twelve Years of Prison Life'' in 1924).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite book |last=Litu |first=Shekh Muhammad Sayed Ullah |year=2012 |chapter=Datta, Ullaskar |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Ullaskar |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060503013636/http://www.andamancellularjail.org/D1.htm Cellular jail website]

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