Alīgarh
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- Names
Aligarh
Alīgarh
Rāmpura
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Was crucial Maratha fortress under Sindhia after 1759; was besieged by British in 1803; is noted as site of major Indian Muslim university, founded in 1875.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); Rand McNally Atlas (1994); Times Atlas of the World (1994);
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