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" The most westerly and, for commercial purposes, the most important channel by which the GANGES enters the Bay of Bengal. It takes its distinctive name near the town of Santipur, 64 miles from Calcutta, and some distance above the point where the waters... "
The Imperial Gazetteer of India - Page 447
by William Wilson Hunter - 1885
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The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 9

William Wilson Hunter - India - 1881 - 500 pages
...iv. 106. IIudiheri, village, iv. 106. VOL. IX. Htan-zeng-hla, revenue circle, iv. 105. Hdgl1 Riv1r, the most westerly and, for commercial purposes, the...channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal, iv. 106-112 ; course of the river, 106, 107 ; history of the upper section of the river, 107, 108 ;...
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The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5

William Wilson Hunter - India - 1885 - 526 pages
...Marenad ranges. Anglovernacular school, with 142 pupils. Post-office. Hiigli River (HoogMy).—y\\K most westerly and, for commercial purposes, the most...where the waters of the Bhdgfrathi join those of the Matabhdngd. The united stream thus formed, and during the rest of its course known as the Huglf, represents...
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The Imperial Gazetteer of India

W.W. Hunter - 1885 - 526 pages
...obtained of the Brahmagiri and Marendd ranges. Anglovernacular school, with 142 pupils. Post-office. Hugli River (Hooghly). — The most westerly and, for commercial...some distance above the point where the waters of the Bhagfrathi join those of the Matabhangd. The united stream thus formed, and during the rest of its...
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The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia ..., Volume 2

Edward Balfour - Asia, Southeastern - 1885 - 1142 pages
...light to Fort William at Calcutta is 83A miles in length, following the windings of the river. It is the most westerly, and, for commercial purposes, the...channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. Proceeding south and a little east from Santipur, the Hoogly river divides Murshidabad from Hoogly...
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 12

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 892 pages
...risen to 10,763 in 1874. HOOGHLY, or HiicLf. The Hooghly river is the most westerly and commercially the most important channel by which the Ganges enters...takes its distinctive name near the town of Santipur, about 120 miles from the sea. The stream now known as the Hooghly represents three western deltaic...
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A New Acount of East India and Persia: Being Nine Years' Travels, 1672-1681

John Fryer - India - 1909 - 490 pages
...of his administration, see Wheeler, Madras in the OT, i, 68 ff. ; Wilson, Early Annals, i, 43. 2 The westerly, and for commercial purposes the most important channel by which the waters of the Ganges enter the Bay of Bengal. 3 Telugu Pedclapalli, "great village," now known as Nizampatam,...
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Bay of Bengal Pilot: Bay of Bengal and the Coasts of India and Siam ...

United States. Hydrographic Office - Bengal, Bay of - 1916 - 516 pages
...Lighter rains. rains; generally clear. swell in eastern channel. Sandheads . Hugli Biver, the western, and for commercial purposes the most important, channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal, is formed by the confluence of the Bhagirathi, Jalangi, and Matabhanga, the first deltaic offshoots...
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The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia ..., Volume 2

Edward Balfour - Asia, Southeastern - 1885 - 1140 pages
...light to Fort William at Calcutta is 83£ miles in length, following the windings of the river. It is the most westerly, and, for commercial purposes, the...channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. Proceeding south and a little east from Santipur, the Hoogly river divides Murshidabad from Hoogly...
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