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CHITALDRUG

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 247 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHITALDRUG  , a

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district and
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town in the native
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state of
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Mysore,
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India . The district has an
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area of 4022 sq. m. and a
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population (1901) of 498,795 . It is distinguished by its
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low rainfall and arid
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soil . It lies within the valley of the Vedavati or Hagari
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river, mostly dry in the hot
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season . Several parallel chains of hills, reaching an extreme height of 3800 ft.,
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cross the district; otherwise it is a
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plain . The
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chief crops are
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cotton and
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flax; the chief manufactures are blankets and cotton
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cloth . The
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west of the district is served by the
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Southern Mahratta railway . The largest town in the district is Davangere (pop . 10,402) . The town of CHITALDRUG, which is the district
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head-quarters (pop . 1901, 5792), was formerly a military
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cantonment, but this was abandoned on
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account of its unhealthiness . It has massive fortifications erected under Hyder
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Ali and Tippoo
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Sahib towards the
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close of the 18th
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century; and near it on the west are remains of a
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city of the and century A.D .

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