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MYSORE , See also:capital of the See also:state of Mysore, See also:India, TO m. S.W. of See also:Seringapatam on the Mysore State railway. Pop. (19or), 68,11x. The See also:city, which is spread over an See also:area of about 71 sq. m., has its See also:nucleus at the See also:foot of the Chamundi See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill, in a valley formed by two parallel ridges See also:running See also:north and See also:south. The fort stands in the south of the See also:town, forming a See also:quarter by itself; the ground-See also:plan is quadrangular, each of the sides being about 450 yds. See also:long. The old See also:palace of the maharaja within the fort, built in an extravagant See also:style of See also:Hindu See also:architecture, was partly destroyed by See also:fire in 1897, whereupon a new palace was built on the same site. The See also:principal See also:object of See also:interest hi the old palace was the See also:throne, which is said to have been presented to Chikka See also:Deva Raj by the See also:emperor See also:Aurangzeb. The houses of the See also:European residents are for the most See also:part to the See also:east of the town. The residency or See also:government See also:house was built in i8o5. The See also:building afterwards used for the See also:district offices was originally built by See also:Colonel See also:Wellesley (See also:duke of See also:Wellington) for his own occupation. The domed building for the public offices in See also:Gordon See also:Park, the Maharaja's See also:College, the See also:Victoria See also:Jubilee See also:Institute, and the See also:law courts are conspicuous. Mysore, though the dynastic capital of the state, was superseded by Seringapatam as the seat of the See also:court from 1610 to 1799, and in 1831, on the See also:British occupation, the seat of See also:administration was removed to See also:Bangalore.
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