1. Vaid, Raizada Harichand: Gulshan-e-Mohyāli: Halāt Chhibber Khāndān Muqeem Kābul, p. 302-306
2. Bali, P.N: The History of the Mohyals, p. 74-75
3. Mohan, R.T: Afghanistan Revisited, p. 178-180
4. The Kabul Times, July 13, 1978: Article- Reminiscences of Rado Jan's Relatives
5. The Kabul Times, July 18, 1978: Article- The Marshal wished to grab Naranjan's Orchard
6. Fabrizio Foschini, The Other Fold of the Turban: Afghanistan’s Hindus and Sikhs September 13, 2003. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
7. The Kabul Times, Nov 30, 1968: Article- The Original Afghan Taxi
8. The Illustrated Weekly of India, vol. 97, 1976: p. 23
9. The Pioneer Mail and Weekly News, Vol. 47, 1920: p. 14
10. Venkataraya Narayan Kudva, History of the Dakshinatya Saraswats, p 262-263
11. Kakar, Hasan K: Government and Society in Afghanistan, The Reign of Amir 'Abd-Al Rahman Khan, p. 49, 128
12. BBC: Why are Afghan Sikhs desperate to flee to the UK? September 4, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
13. Singh, Inderjeet: Afghan Hindus & Sikhs - History of 1000 years, p. 129, 137, 138, 144
A special mention must also be made here of Shri Ischwar Dass, whose authoritative expertise on Afghan Hindu history can be found mentioned and referenced across almost all the relatively recent sources on the subject. Despite his stellar research into the vanishing stories of Afghan Hindus like that of Radha Jan, the direct reach of his work unfortunately continues to elude many an Indian reader due to the barriers of language- An Afghan émigré in Germany, his preferred medium of expression has been German or Persian.
With sincere thanks to the Mohan and Chhibber families as well, especially the direct descendants of Diwan Niranjan Das ji currently residing near Delhi, for photos and other invaluable inputs.
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A condolence letter received in September 1972, upon Radha Jan's passing- It was sent by a group of Mohyals to the family comprising the most direct of the descendants of Diwan Niranjan Das. [In the interest of privacy, I have redacted portions indicating personal addresses.] After relocating from Afghanistan, the Diwan's family had lived for many years in an estate at Rawalpindi's Murree Lane, until the partition of India necessitated another relocation, this time to New Delhi's Karol Bagh area where both his daughters lived together. The addressee, Shri Satinder Kumar Chhibber was the grandson of Yashoda Jan ("Beiji"), and was dotingly brought up just as much by his grand aunt Radha Jan- or "Jaan Ji", as she was respectfully referred to by the younger generations in the family.
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