False Point, a cape and harbour of Bengal, 43 miles E. of Cuttack by canal. The harbour, which has a lighthouse, is safe and roomy, and is considered the best between Calcutta and Bombay; it is the entrepôt for the trade of Orissa, and a regular port of call for the British Indian Company's steamers.
False Point
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 541
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