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Gooty

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a town and hill fortress in southern India, in the Anantapur district of Madras, 48 m. E. of Bellary. Pop. (1901) 9682. The town is surrounded by a circle of rocky hills, connected by a wall. On the highest of these stands the citadel, 2100 ft. above sea-level and r000 ft. above the surrounding country. Here was the stronghold of Moran Rao Ghorpade, a famous Mahratta warrior and ally of the English, who was ultimately starved into surrender by Hayder Ali in 1775.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Gooty'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​g/gooty.html. 1910.
 
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