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KIRKEE (or KIRKI)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 833 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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KIRKEE (or KIRKI)

KIRKEE (or KIRKI) , a See also:

TOWN

town and military See also:

CANTONMENT (Fr. cantonnement, from cantonner, to quarter; Ger. Ortsunterkunft or Quartier)

cantonment of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India in See also:

POONA, or PUNA

Poona See also:

DISTRICT

district, Bombay, 4 M . N.W. of Poona See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Pop . (1901), 10,797 . It is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery station in the Bombay See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency, and has a large See also:

AMMUNITION

ammunition factory . It was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a victory over Baji See also:

Rao, the last See also:

PESHWA (Persian for " leader," " guide ")

peshwa, in 1817 .

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