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KARWAR, or CARWAR

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 684 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JUN-KHA
KARWAR, or CARWAR , a seaport of British India, administrative headquarters of North Kanara
district
  in the Bombay
presidency
 ; 295 M. S. of Bombay city. Pop. (1901), 16,847. As early as 166o the
East
  India Company had a factory here, with a
trade
  in muslin and pepper; but it suffered frequently from Dutch, Portuguese and native attacks, and in 1752 the
English
  agent was withdrawn. Old Karwar fell into ruins, but a new town grew up after the
transfer
  of North Kanara to the Bombay
presidency
 . It is the only safe harbour all the year round between Bombay and Cochin. In the bay is a cluster of islets called the
Oyster
  Rocks, on the largest of which is a lighthouse. Two smaller islands in the bay afford good shelter to native craft during the strong north-west winds that prevail from
February
  to
April
 . The commercial importance of Karwar has declined since the opening of the railway to Marmagao in Portuguese territory.


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