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This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

=Kabbaldurga=

Fortified conical hill in the Malavalli taluk of 
Mysore District, Mysore, situated in 12 degree 30' N. and 77 degree 1 8' E., 3.507 
feet high. The sides are very precipitous, and the summit is accessible 
only on one side, where some notches are cut in the solid rock. It 
was a penal settlement for state prisoners under the Hindu and Musal- 
man dynasties. The poisonous water and noxious climate, aided by 
unwholesome food, soon ended the lives of the victims confined in it. 
The unfortunate Chama Raja and his wife were sent here by the 
Dalavayi Devaraj  in 1734, and Morari Rao, the Maratha chief of Gooty, 
by Haidar Ail, who gave the place the name of Jafarabad. In 1864 
the guns were destroyed and the guards removed.