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Nagpur

a city of British India, the seat of administration for the Central provinces, 450 miles E. N. E. of Bombay. It lies embosomed in trees, has several provinces, 450 miles E. N. E. of Bombay.

It lies embosomed in trees, has several handsome tanks, gardens, and temples, and extensive suburbs, but is not a healthy city, the mean temperature being 78.7°. Fine cloth fabrics are woven, and there is an active trade in wheat, salt, healthy city, the mean temperature being there is an active trade in wheat, salt, spices, and European goods. Here, on Nov. 26 and 27, 1817, a British force of 1,350 men, commanded by Colonel Scott, defeated a Mahratta army of 18,000 men.

Pop. about 100,000.

Pop. about 100,000. has a handsome church and several other public buildings. Prior to the World NAGYKAROLY, a city of Hungary. It had a considerable trade in linen, public buildings. Prior to the World War it had leather, tobacco, and bricks. Pop. about 45,000.

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