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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
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Bible Encyclopedias
Hooghly
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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, the most important and most westerly of the several branches into which the Ganges divides on approaching the sea, breaks away from the main channel near Santipur, and flowing in a southerly direction past Calcutta, reaches the Bay of Bengal after a course of 145 m.; navigation is rendered hazardous by the accumulating and shifting silt; the "bore" rushes up with great rapidity, and attains a height of 7 ft. 2, A city on the western bank of the river, 25 m. N. of Calcutta; is capital of a district, and has a college for English and Asiatic literature.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hooghly'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hooghly.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hooghly'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/h/hooghly.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
