IPhone,icloud and addressbook contacts gone

Hi All
Out of my sudden after i made a phone call all my phone contacts were gone and overwrites by few contacts that i don't know. i tried to revert it from iCloud but worst is the contact were overwritten as well. Is there a way i could revert the iCloud or my phone contact? Those contact were very important to me i thought i've back it up on icloud but im not sure how it got overwritten as well.
Please help to advise how can i restore to a 1 day ago addressbook or if there's any other resolution to resolve this issue ?
Thanks in advance

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