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GOKAK

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 192 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOKAK  , a

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town of
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British India, in the
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Belgaum
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district of Bombay, 8 m. from a station on the
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Southern Mahratta railway . Pop . (1901) 986o . 'It contains old temples with inscriptions, and is known for a
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special industry of modelled toys . About 4 M . N.W. are the Gokak Falls, where the Ghatprabha throws itself over a precipice 170 ft. high . Close by, the
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water has been impounded for a large
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reservoir,which supplies not only irrigation but also motive power for a cotton-mill employing 2000 hands .

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