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GOOTY , a See also: town and See also: hill fortress in
See also: southern See also: India, in the See also: Anantapur See also: district of See also: Madras, 48 m
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E. of See also: Bellary
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Pop
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(1901) 9682
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The town is surrounded by a circle of rocky hills, connected by a See also: wall
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On the highest of these stands the citadel, 2100 ft. above See also: sea-level and r000 ft. above the surrounding country
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Here was the stronghold of Morari Rao Ghorpade, a famous Mahratta See also: warrior and ally of the See also: English, who was ultimately starved into surrender by Hayder See also: Ali in 1775
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