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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

It was reported by the famine commissioners in 1867 to be the best harbour on the coast of India from the Hugli to Bombay.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

The town, situated on the right bank of the Hugli, 24 m. above Calcutta by rail, forms one municipality with Chinsura, the old Dutch settlement, lower down the river.

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

This was not the first time that Hugli had been the scene of a struggle deciding the fate of a European power in India.

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

The European town is situated at the bottom of a beautiful reach of the Hugli, with clean wide thoroughfares, and many elegant 838 residences along the river-bank.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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