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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 1166-0040-F2-retouched-GGsquare-var2.tif — Erna Sargsyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Ralph Yirikian\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/ralph-yirikian. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-07T11:48:10Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/ralph-yirikian","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/ralph-yirikian","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/ralph-yirikian?lang=ne"}}