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DINDIGUL

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 275 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DINDIGUL , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

Madura See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

MADRAS

Madras, 88o ft. above the See also:

sea, 40 M. from Madura by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1901) 25,182. Dindigul has risen into importance as the centre of a See also:

trade in See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco and manufacture of cigars, which are exported to See also:

England. There are two large See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

CIGAR

cigar factories here. The town has manufactures of See also:

SILK

silk, See also:

MUSLIN (through Fr. mousseline from It. mussolino, diminutive of Mussolo, i.e. the town Mosul in Kurdistan)

muslin and blankets, and an export trade in hides and cardamoms; and there is a large native See also:

Christian See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, with two churches. The See also:

ancient fort, well preserved, stands on a See also:

rock rising 350 ft. above. the town; this was formerly a position of See also:

GREAT

great strategic importance, commanding passes into Madura from See also:

COIMBATORE

Coimbatore, and figured prominently in the military operations of the See also:

MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas in the 17th and 18th centuries, and of Hyder See also:

ALI

Ali in 1755 seq., being thrice captured by the British (1767, 1783, 1790). After the two first captures it was restored to Hyder Ali under treaty; after the third it was ceded to the See also:

East India See also:

COMPANY

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