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1604:12 December
1404:MES College
858:Milind Naik
768:metre gauge
531: /
376:Mormugaokar
253: /
1688:Categories
1497:1 November
1447:References
1337:(at 17:30
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721:Ehrenfels,
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620:Batticaloa
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460:Portuguese
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105:April 2015
75:newspapers
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1282:(107.01)
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1414:See also
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1257:(21.66)
1252:(32.46)
1247:(32.74)
1002:(101.1)
962:(101.1)
947:(100.0)
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616:Moluccas
561:Chicalim
559:at Alto
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464:Mormugão
456:Mormugao
402:UTC+5:30
306:District
212:Mormugao
179:Mormugao
134:Mormugao
1549:8 April
1280:2,718.1
1277:(0.20)
1272:(0.78)
1267:(5.35)
1242:(3.57)
1237:(0.15)
1232:(0.01)
1222:(0.02)
1212:(54.0)
1207:(63.0)
1202:(54.0)
1197:(64.9)
1192:(70.0)
1187:(66.7)
1182:(68.4)
1177:(62.6)
1172:(69.3)
1167:(69.1)
1162:(63.1)
1157:(63.0)
1152:(62.1)
1142:(75.6)
1137:(72.5)
1132:(74.8)
1127:(76.3)
1122:(75.7)
1117:(75.6)
1112:(76.1)
1107:(77.4)
1102:(80.8)
1097:(79.2)
1092:(75.6)
1087:(72.1)
1082:(71.4)
1072:(88.5)
1067:(90.9)
1062:(91.6)
1057:(88.9)
1052:(85.8)
1047:(84.0)
1042:(84.6)
1037:(87.3)
1032:(91.8)
1027:(91.0)
1022:(89.4)
1017:(88.3)
1012:(89.2)
997:(97.9)
992:(98.1)
987:(98.2)
982:(91.8)
977:(90.5)
972:(90.9)
967:(95.9)
957:(96.4)
952:(99.9)
942:(97.0)
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725:U-boats
711:During
698:British
632:Malacca
608:Bijapur
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597:Tiswadi
568:History
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640:Jaffna
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419:403601
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1326:94.3
1314:13.0
1311:23.2
1308:24.8
1305:20.6
1265:136.0
1260:256.3
1255:550.2
1250:824.5
1245:831.5
932:Year
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860:from
852:from
844:from
785:With
679:India
636:Manar
628:Galle
612:Dutch
497:with
287:State
280:India
96:JSTOR
82:books
1674:2020
1642:2020
1606:2018
1551:2009
1525:2020
1499:2008
1335:(%)
1323:0.4
1320:1.8
1317:6.2
1302:3.8
1299:0.4
1296:0.1
1293:0.0
1290:0.2
1270:19.7
1240:90.6
1210:12.2
1205:17.2
1200:12.2
1195:18.3
1190:21.1
1185:19.3
1180:20.2
1175:17.0
1170:20.7
1165:20.6
1160:17.3
1155:17.2
1150:16.7
1140:24.2
1135:22.5
1130:23.8
1125:24.6
1120:24.3
1115:24.2
1110:24.5
1105:25.2
1100:27.1
1095:26.2
1090:24.2
1085:22.3
1080:21.9
1070:31.4
1065:32.7
1060:33.1
1055:31.6
1050:29.9
1045:28.9
1040:29.2
1035:30.7
1030:33.2
1025:32.8
1020:31.9
1015:31.3
1010:31.8
1000:38.4
995:36.6
990:36.7
985:36.8
980:33.2
975:32.5
970:32.7
965:35.5
960:38.4
955:35.8
950:37.7
945:37.8
940:36.1
929:Dec
926:Nov
923:Oct
920:Sep
917:Aug
914:Jul
911:Jun
908:May
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902:Mar
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864:and
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358:Area
141:City
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1378:63
1375:67
1372:78
1369:83
1366:87
1363:86
1360:84
1357:73
1354:71
1351:71
1348:67
1345:64
1339:IST
1275:5.0
1235:3.7
1230:0.2
1225:0.0
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