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PALGHAT

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 629 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PALGHAT , a See also:

town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Malabar See also:district of See also:Madras, on the Madras railway. Pop. (,9o1), 44,177. As the See also:key to See also:Travancore and Malabar from the See also:East, it was formerly of considerable strategic importance. The fort See also:fell into British hands in 1768, and subsequently formed the basis of many of the operations against Tippoo, which terminated in the storming of See also:Seringapatam. The easy ascent by the Palghat Pass, formerly covered with See also:teak forests, supplies the See also:great route from the See also:west See also:coast to the interior. The See also:municipality manages the See also:Victoria See also:college.

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