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Hugli

American  
[hoog-lee] / ˈhug li /
Or Hooghly

noun

  1. a river in NE India, in W Bengal: the westernmost channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. 160 miles (258 km) long.


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Prominent veterinarians visible last week in Columbus included: Dr. Hugli Max O'Rear, assistant chief of the tuberculosis eradication division of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1640 the East India Company established a factory at Hugli, their first settlement in Lower Bengal.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

The stream now known as the Hugli represents three western deltaic distributaries of the Ganges—viz.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

The tide runs rapidly on the Hugli, and produces a remarkable example of the fluvial phenomenon known as a “bore.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

Proceeding south from Santipur, with a twist to the east, the Hugli river divides Nadia from Hugli district, until it touches the district of the Twenty-Four Parganas.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

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