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KITTUR

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 841 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KITTUR  , a

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village of
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British India, in the
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Belgaum
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district of Bombay; pop . (1901), 4922 . It contains a ruined fort, formerly the residence of a Mahratta chief . In connexion with a disputed succession to this chiefship in 1824, St John Thackeray, an
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uncle of the novelist, was killed when approaching the fort under a flag of truce; and a
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nephew of
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Sir Thomas Munro, governor of
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Madras, fell subsequently when the fort was stormed .

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