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PULICAT , a See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in See also:Chingleput See also:district, See also:Madras, 25 M . N. of Madras See also:city . Pop . (1901), 5448 . The Dutch built a fort here as See also:early as 1609, and it was for a See also:long See also:time their See also:chief See also:settlement on the Coromandel See also:coast . Repeatedly captured, it did not finally become British until 1825 . It gives its name to the Pulicat See also:lake, a shallow See also:lagoon stretching for about 37 M. along the coast . The seaward See also:side is formed by the See also:island of Sriharikot, which supplies firewood to Madras city . |
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