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PARANDHAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 766 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PARANDHAR  , a

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hill fort of
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British
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India, in
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Poona
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district, Bombay, 4472 ft. above the
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sea, 20 m . S.E. of Poona: pop . (1901), 944 . It figures repeatedly in the rising of
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Sivaji against the Mahommedans, and was the favourite stronghold of the Peshwas whenever the unwalled
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city of Poona was threatened . It gave its name to a treaty with the
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Mahrattas, signed in 1776 but never carried into effect . It is now utilized as a
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sanatorium for British soldiers .

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