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PORBANDAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 100 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PORBANDAR , a native See also:

state of See also:India, in the See also:Kathiawar See also:political agency, Bombay, extending along the S.W. See also:coast of the See also:peninsula of Kathiawar. See also:Area, 636 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 82,640, showing a decrease of 4 °,o in the See also:decade. Estimated See also:gross See also:revenue, £65,000; See also:tribute, f3,233. The See also:chief, whose See also:title is rana, is a Jethwa See also:Rajput. See also:Limestone is largely exported to Bombay. This limestone is used for buildings in Porbandar without See also:mortar, and is said to coalesce into a solid See also:block under the See also:influence of moisture. The See also:town of PORBANDAR is the maritime See also:terminus of the Kathiawar railway See also:system. Pop. (1901), 24,620. A large See also:trade is conducted in native boats as far as the See also:east coast of See also:Africa.

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