Ghodbandar, Bombay. 19N. 73E. Mahrattas unsuccessfully stormed town, 1672; captured from Portuguese, 1737.
Ghoraghat, Bengal. 25N. 89E. Mentioned in the 'Mahabharata' as place of refuge of Virat Rajah.
Gibeah, Palestine. 32N. 35E. Res. of King Saul, and alleged to be his birthplace.
[Gibeon], Palestine. 32N. 35E. Famous in Old Testament history, especially for Joshua's defence of the city against the Amorites.
[Gilboa], Palestine. 32N. 35E. Range of hills, on one of which King Saul and his three sons were killed in battle.
Gingi, Madras. 12N. 79E. Captured by Bandaullah Khan, 1638; by Sivaji, 1677; besieged for eight years by Zulfikar Khan, 1690; taken by French, 1750; by British, 1761; abandoned to Hyder Ali, 1780.
Giria, Bengal. 24N. 88E. Celebrated for defeat of Sarfaraz Khan, 1740; and Mir Kasim, 1763.
[Giridhi], Bengal. 24N. 86E. Centre of Karharbari coal-fields, and described in Kipling's 'Giridih Coal-Fields.'
[Goa], Bombay. 15N. 74E. Taken by Mohammedans, 1469; by Albuquerque, 1510; by British, 1807; recaptured by Portuguese, 1815. Contains tomb of St. Francis Xavier. (See Marryat's 'Phantom Ship,' Burton's 'Goa and the Blue Mountains,' 'Purchas His Pilgrimes,' Hakluyt's 'Voyages.')
Gobardanga, Bengal. 23N. 89E. Alleged place where Krishna guarded his flocks.