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PARANDHAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 766 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARANDHAR , a See also:

hill fort of See also:British See also:India, in See also:Poona See also:district, Bombay, 4472 ft. above the See also:sea, 20 m. S.E. of Poona: pop. (1901), 944. It figures repeatedly in the rising of See also:Sivaji against the Mahommedans, and was the favourite stronghold of the Peshwas whenever the unwalled See also:city of Poona was threatened. It gave its name to a treaty with the See also:Mahrattas, signed in 1776 but never carried into effect. It is now utilized as a See also:sanatorium for British soldiers.

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