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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 324 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHUPATTY , an Anglo-See also:

Indian See also:term for an unleavened cake of See also:bread. The word represents the Hindustani chapati, and is applied to the usual See also:form of native bread, the See also:staple See also:food of upper See also:India. The chupatty is generally made of coarse wheaten See also:flour, patted See also:flat with the See also:hand, and baked upon a griddle. In the troubled times that preceded the See also:mutiny of 1857 chupatties were circulated from See also:village to village throughout India, apparently as a token of discontent.

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