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NEGAPATAM

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 342 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEGAPATAM , a seaport of See also:

British See also:India, in the See also:Tanjore See also:district of See also:Madras, forming one See also:municipality with Nagore, a See also:port 3 M. N. at the mouth of the Vettar See also:river. Pop. (1901) 57,190. It carries on a brisk See also:trade with the Straits Settlements and See also:Ceylon, steamers See also:running once a See also:week to See also:Colombo. The See also:chief export is See also:rice. Negapatam is the See also:terminus of a See also:branch of the See also:South See also:Indian railway, and contains large railway workshops. It is also a See also:depot for See also:coolie See also:emigration. Negapatam was one of the earliest settlements of the Protuguese on the Coromandel See also:coast. It was taken by the Dutch in 166o, becoming their chief See also:possession in India, and by the See also:English in 1781. From 1799 to 1845 it was the headquarters of Tanjore district. There is a large See also:population of Labbais, Mahommedans of mixed Arab descent, who are keen traders.

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