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Hubballi-Dharwad

Hubballi-Dharwad, formerly Hubli-Dharwad (ho͝oˈblē-därˈvär), city (1991 pop. 648,298), Karnataka (formerly Mysore) state, SW India. It is located on the main Mumbai-Bengaluru railway and highway. The cities of Hubli (renamed in 2014) and Dharwad (also known as Dharwar), 13 mi (21 km) apart, were incorporated as one city in 1961. Dharwad is the district administrative center for a rice- and cotton-growing area. Hubballi is a trade and transportation center, with cotton and silk factories, railway workshops, and a major newspaper industry. It is built around an 11th-century Hindu stone temple. Dharwad grew up around a fort thought to have been built in the early 15th cent. by an officer of the Hindu king of Vijayanagar. The area was captured by the Mughals in 1685 and by the Marathas in 1753. Haidar Ali, ruler of Mysore, occupied the area from 1778 to 1791; it then returned to Maratha rule until being ceded to the British in 1818. There are many colleges in the metropolitan area, making it an education center for S India.

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Summary: Dharwad (Karnataka) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Dharwad district administration has extended the holidays of schools and colleges for three more days and ordered that in view of the incessant rains in the area, they will reopen on August 13.

K'taka floods: All schools and colleges in Dharwad to reopen on Aug 13

IANS Hubballi (Karnataka) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening flagged off various development projects in the twin cities of Hubballi and Dharwad in Karnataka.

PM Modi flags off a slew of projects in Karnataka state

Under the KUWSMP, the Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation will hire a professional water supply operating company to help make the necessary improvements to its water supply system, and to manage the refurbished system through a 12-year contract in accordance with strict performance criteria.

World Bank Approves $100 Million for Urban Water Supply Modernization in Karnataka, India

-Tata Motors Limited starts operations at Dharwad plant

Summary: Dharwad (Karnataka) [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Dharwad district administration has extended the holidays of schools and colleges for three more days in view of incessant rains in the area.

Dharwad rains: Schools, colleges to remain closed for 3 more days

Tata to expand production capacity at Dharwad plant

Summary: Dharwad (Karnataka) [India], May 14 (ANI): Three people including two children died and two others were injured after a house collapsed at Yarguppi village, in Dharwad district of Karnataka early on Tuesday.

Karnataka: House collapses in Dharwad, 3 dead

Hero Honda, a joint venture of Honda Motor Company (NYSE: HMC) (TYO: 7267) in India, is planning to establish a two-wheeler manufacturing plant near Dharwad, Karnataka, according to the state's large and medium industries minister Murugesh R Nirani.

Hero Honda to set up two-wheeler plant in Dharwad

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