See also:MAHABALESHWAR, or MALCOLMPETH
, a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill station in See also:Satara See also:district, and the See also:principal See also:sanatorium in the Bombay See also:presidency, See also:India
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Pop
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(1901), 5299
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It is reached by See also:carriage from Wathar railway station (39 m.) or by motor See also:car from See also:Poona (119 m.)
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See also:Mahabaleshwar occupies the See also:summit of a See also:ridge of the Western See also:Ghats, with a See also:general See also:elevation of 4500 ft. above See also:sea-level
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It was established in 1828 by See also:Sir See also:John See also:Malcolm. See also:governor of Bombay, who obtained the site from the See also:raja of Satara in See also:exchange for another patch of territory
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The See also:superior elevation of Mahabaleshwar renders it much cooler than See also:Matheran (2460 ft.), a sanatorium about 5o M
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E. of Bombay, but its heavy rainfall (292 in. See also:annual See also:average) makes it almost uninhabitable during the See also:rainy See also:season
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The mean annual temperature is 67° F
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In the hottest season (See also:March-See also:April) an extreme of a little over 90 is reached during the See also:day
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Mahabaleshwar forms the See also:retreat usually during See also:spring, and occasionally in autumn, of the governor of Bombay, and the See also:chief See also:officers of his See also:establishment, and has the usual public buildings of a first-class sanatorium
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