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PANWELL

Volume 17 · 83 words · 1842 Edition

a town of Hindustan, in the province of Aurangabad, situated on the banks of the Pan, about seven miles from its mouth. It is an extensive place, and carries on a considerable trade. There are still here the remains of a brick fort built by the Mahratta chief Sevajee about the year 1680, to protect the inhabitants against the incursions of the Siddees. Panwell now belongs to the British. It is twenty-seven miles east of Bombay. Long. 73. 13. E. Lat. 19. N.