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GOGO, or GOGRA

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 190 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOGO, or
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GOGRA  , a
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town of
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British
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India in
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Ahmedabad
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district, Bombay, 193 M . N.W. of Bombay . Pop . (1901) 4798 . About m.
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east of the town is an excellent anchorage, in some measure sheltered by the
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island of
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Piram, which lies still farther east . The natives of this
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place are reckoned the best sailors in India; and
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ships touching here may procure
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water and supplies, or repair
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damages . The anchorage is a safe
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refuge during the
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south-
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west
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monsoon, the bottom being a
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bed of mud and the water always smooth .
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Gogo has lost its commercial importance and has steadily declined in
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population and
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trade since the
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time of the
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American
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Civil
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War, when it was an important
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cotton-mart .

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