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Palghat

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Palghat , town (1991 pop. 180,033), Kerala state, SW India. It commands the Palghat Gap, the major pass for road and rail through the Western Ghats, connecting the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Palghat, of strategic importance in the British wars with Hyder Ali, is now a district administrative headquarters and a trading and transportation center. ... Read more
Coimbatore
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition , city (1991 pop. 1,000,746), Tamil Nadu state, SE India. Commanding the eastern approach to the Palghat Gap, the major pass through the Western Ghats, it was important in the wars of Haidar Ali and Tippoo Sahib. The British obtained... Read more
Ghats
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Mumbai, to Kanniyakumri (Cape Comorin) at the southern tip of India; a formidable barrier, they have only one major break, the Palghat Gap. The western side of the range, which receives heavy rainfall from moist monsoon winds, has lush tropical vegetation and... Read more

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Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 4/11/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...International Herald Tribune 04-11-2007 Kumar Palghat, a former bond manager at Pacific Investment...about five years,'' said the Sydney-based Palghat, who worked for Pimco from 1997 to 2006...near a two-month high, pays 5.92 percent. Palghat, who is Kapstream's managing director... Read more
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Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 4/11/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...International Herald Tribune 04-11-2007 Kumar Palghat, a former manager at Pacific Investment...favors riskier assets than government debt. Palghat, managing director of the fund, said that...government bond for about five years,'' said Palghat, who is based in Sydney and who worked... Read more
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Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 5/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...village government of Pudussery, a rural community in the Palghat district of the state of Kerala, said last week that...Krishna Das, a member of Parliament from the district of Palghat. Palghat is known for rice paddies, and Das said he was concerned... Read more
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Newspaper article from: India Telecom; 12/1/2004; 100 words ; ...is in talks with BPL Telecom in order to set up a GSM Wi-Fi based mobile handset manufacturing unit at the BPL's facility at Palghat. The handsets will use both the Wi-Fi and GSM technology for wireless communication. According to BPL Telecom director PM Jayakrishnan... Read more
Two New Philautus (Anura: Ranidae: Rhacophorinae) from Ponmudi Hill in the Western Ghats of India
Magazine article from: Copeia; 2/24/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...signatus, but this species is confined to localities north of the Palghat Gap. Philautus bobingeri is a true canopy species, whereas...Sri Lanka (Philautus femoralis) and localities north of the Palghat Gap (Philautus signatus), respectively. MATERIALS AND METHODS... Read more
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Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 6/23/2001; 410 words ; Reports say 57 die in train accident PALGHAT, India - Three cars of a passenger train plunged off a bridge into a river in southern India, reportedly killing as many as 57... Read more
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Newspaper article from: Australasian Business Intelligence; 8/10/2006; 172 words ; ...that some fund managers are paying more attention to fixed interest even if total allocations are not rising. PIMCO's Kumar Palghat says that although fixed interest allocations are not increasing, most asset classes are becoming more volatile. Roger Bridges... Read more
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Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 9/20/2003; 119 words ; ...domesticated elephants line up to be judged the tallest or most beautiful elephant in the Gajamela elephant competition at Palghat, India Jannie Spyflies braves the strong wind and rain from hurricane Isabel on the boardwalk in Virginia Beach, Virginia A... Read more
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Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 3/2/1998; ; 394 words ; ...Pledge lines: 480-9272 and (800) 574-5886. HAPPENINGS Ranjani Vedhantham and S.P. Ramh, accompanied by Vittal Ramamurthy and Palghat Raghu, will perform classical music of south India starting at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Cajetan's Center on the Auraria Campus... Read more
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Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 4/10/1997; ; 512 words ; ...UC College of Medicine, Eden and Bethesda. Friday's concert features Mandolin Srinivas, mandolin; S.D. Sridhar, violin; and Palghat Raghu, mridangam. The dance troupe Jai Jai Devi performs the ballet ''Lakshmi Prabhavam'' Saturday ($8, $6; 751-0479 or 861-72... Read more

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