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Berhampur, Ganjam, India
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A town of British India, in the presidency of Madras. Pop. (1901) 25,729. It is the headquarters of Ganjam district, and is situated about 9 m. from the sea. It is a station on the East Coast railway, which connects Calcutta with Madras. Berhampur had a military cantonment, sometimes distinguished as Baupur, containing a wing of a native regiment; but the troops have been transferred elsewhere. There is some weaving of silk cloth, and export trade in sugar. The college, originally founded by government, is now maintained by the raja of Kallikota. Silk-weaving and sugar-manufacture are carried on.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Berhampur, Ganjam, India'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/berhampur-ganjam-india.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Berhampur, Ganjam, India'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/berhampur-ganjam-india.html. 1910.