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See also:KARWAR, or CARWAR , a seaport of See also:British See also:India, administrative headquarters of See also:North See also:Kanara See also:district in the Bombay See also:presidency; 295 M . S. of Bombay See also:city . Pop . (1901), 16,847 . As See also:early as 166o the See also:East India See also:Company had a factory here, with a See also:trade in See also:muslin and See also:pepper; but it suffered frequently from Dutch, Portuguese and native attacks, and in 1752 the See also:English See also:agent was withdrawn . Old See also:Karwar See also:fell into ruins, but a new See also:town See also:grew up after the See also:transfer of North Kanara to the Bombay presidency . It is the only safe See also:harbour all the See also:year See also:round between Bombay and See also:Cochin . In the See also:bay is a cluster of islets called the See also:Oyster Rocks, on the largest of which is a lighthouse . Two smaller islands in the bay afford See also:good shelter to native See also:craft during the strong north-See also:west winds that prevail from See also:February to See also:April . The commercial importance of Karwar has declined since the opening of the railway to Marmagao in Portuguese territory . |
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