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  • proper noun A river in South India formed by the union of Tunga and Bhadra rivers. It has a length of 531 kms. and flows through Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

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  • A government panel will soon review four sick public-sector companies - Hindustan Cable , Richardson & Cruddas, Hindustan Machine Tools and Tungabhadra Steel - to fast track the disinvestment process.

    Morning News Roundup Deals India Staff 2011

  • A government panel will soon review four sick public-sector companies - Hindustan Cable , Richardson & Cruddas, Hindustan Machine Tools and Tungabhadra Steel - to fast track the disinvestment process.

    Morning News Roundup Deals India Staff 2011

  • The bodies were packed in a gunny bags and thrown into the nearby Tungabhadra drain.

    Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2008

  • The bodies were packed in a gunny bags and thrown into the nearby Tungabhadra drain.

    Archive 2008-05-01 kesav 2008

  • Vijayanagar (present Hampi), founded by two brothers from the region of Warangal, fought steadily against the neighboring states of sultans north of Kistna and Tungabhadra.

    1076-1147 2001

  • He took from the Pallava (c. 800) tribute and territory as far as the Tungabhadra.

    753-973 2001

  • He drowned himself in Jain rites in the Tungabhadra, a sacred river of the south.

    c. South India 2001

  • During the ninth century the Râshṭrakûṭas seem to have ruled over most of western India from Malwa to the Tungabhadra.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

  • The imposing ruins of its capital may still be seen at Hampi on the Tungabhadra and its possessions comprised everything to the south of this, and, at times, also territory to the north, for throughout its existence it was engaged in warfare with the

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

  • The capital can still be traced within the Madras district of Bellary, on the right bank of the Tungabhadra river -- vast ruins of temples, fortifications, tanks and bridges, haunted by hy nas and snakes.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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