Palghat, a town of Malabar district, 68 miles SE. of Calicut by rail. Its old fort was of great strategic importance. For the Palghat gap, see GHATS, MADRAS PRESIDENCY. Pop. 36,339.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 718
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