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GULBARGA , an See also:ancient See also:city of See also:India, situated in the See also:Nizam's dominions, 70 M . S.E. of See also:Sholapur . Pop . (Igor) 29,228 . Origin-ally a See also:Hindu city, it was made the See also:capital of the Bahmani See also:kings when that See also:dynasty established their See also:independence in the See also:Deccan in 1347, and it remained such until 1422 . The palaces, mosques and tombs of these kings still stand See also:half-ruined . The most notable See also:building is a See also:mosque modelled after that of See also:Cordova in See also:Spain, covering an See also:area of 38,000 sq. ft., which is almost unique in India as being entirely covered in . Since the opening of a station on the See also:Great India See also:Peninsula railway, Gulbarga has become a centre of See also:trade, with See also:cotton-See also:spinning and See also:weaving See also:mills . It is also the headquarters of a See also:district and See also:division of the same name . The district, as recently reconstituted, has an area of 6004 sq. m.; pop . (19o1), 1,041,067 . |
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