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VIJAYADURG OR GHERIA VIZIADRUG

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 165 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VIJAYADURG OR GHERIA

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VIZIADRUG  , a
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port on the W.
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coast of
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India in
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Ratnagiri
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district, Bombay, 17o m . S. of Bombay
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city . Pop . (1901) 2339 . It is one of the best harbours on the
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west coast, being without any
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bar, and may be entered in all weathers; even to large
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ships it affords safe shelter during the
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south-west
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monsoon . At the beginning of the 18th
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century the pirate
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chief Angria made
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Viziadrug the
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capital of a territory stretching for 150 M. along the coast and from 30 to 6o m. inland . The fort was taken by
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Admiral
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Watson and
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Colonel
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Clive in 1756 .

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