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	Pulicat - LoveToKnow 1911
		PULICAT, a town of British India, in Chingleput district, Madras, 25 m.
		The Dutch built a fort here as early as 1609, and it was for a long time their chief settlement on the Coromandel coast.
		It gives its name to the Pulicat lake, a shallow lagoon stretching for about 37 m.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Pulicat (87 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Pulicat (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pulicat is a town which lies in the thiruvallur district, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
		It is approximately 60 km to the north of Chennai, on the seaward side of the barrier island of Sriharikota, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal.
		Pulicat Lake is a shallow salt water lagoon which stretches for about 60 km along the coast and is today a nondescript fishing village.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Pulicat (286 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The Pulicat Town is an interesting spot, with the First Dutch Cemetery with 22 protected tombs (1631 to 1655 AD) and another Landmark Dutch Cemetery with 76 tombs and mausoleums protected by the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India), a dilapidated Dutch Church and a Dutch Fort in shambles, dating back to 1609.
		In 1606 A.D. when a Dutch ship ran aground on the Pulicat shores these Muslims offered food and help to the Dutch and struck a trade partnership with them, to procure and supply local merchandise for the Dutch to trade with the East Indies.
		Although much of the lake is protected as a wildlife sanctuary, proposals for a petrochemical complex, power plant, and a satellite port on Ennore creek have raised concern about the continued ecological health of the lake.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Pulicat_Lake (461 words)

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		On the heritage angle Pulicat with its ancient temples, cemeteries, churches and a fort will be of interest to the tourists from abroad.
		The Pulicat village is situated near wetlands The wetland eco-system is characterised by multiple habitats such as flood-plain lagoons, shallow water areas, reservoirs and shore areas.
		The brackish water lagoon adjoining Pulicat is an important wetland on the East Coast for migratory birds.
	www.pulicatlake.net /plans.htm (718 words)

	Pulicat - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pulicat is a town in Tiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu state, India.
		Pulicat lies approximately 40 km north of Chennai, on the seaward side of the barrier island of Sriharikote, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal.
		Pulicat Lake is a shallow salt water lagoon which stretches for about 60 km along the coast.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Pulicat (229 words)

	Will Pulicat make it?
		Pulicat, as we see it today, is an impoverished fishing village 60 kms north of Chennai.
		Pulicat with its ancient temples, cemeteries, churches and a fort is a heritage buff's delight.
		The brackish water lagoon adjoining Pulicat is an important wetland on the East Coast for migratory birds.
	www.blonnet.com /2001/08/06/stories/100672g4.htm (1432 words)

	Dutch Factory at Pulicat
		On March 20, 1602, the representatives of the provinces of the Dutch republic, granted a the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) a monopoly on the trade in the East Indies.
		Pulicat was strategically located for the distribution of gunpowder, as its excellent shipping facilities enabled the Dutch to keep most of the VOC's major establishments in the East (such as Batavia, Malacca, and Ceylon) well stocked.
		The Portuguese gained most from their participation in the carrying trade of the Indian Ocean, particularly on the Coromandal coast.
	www.indhistory.com /dutch-factory.html (259 words)

	Call to preserve Pulicat Lake
		ENVIRONMENTALISTS have stressed the importance of conserving the Pulicat Lake spread across Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the second largest brackish water lagoon in the country after Chilika in Orissa, for the sake of traditional fishermen dependent on it and the migratory birds, especially the exquisite flamingos which have made it their winter home.
		Aruna, of the Centre for Environmental Education, suggested that the local fishermen be provided alternative avenues of employment by developing the tourism sector to ease the pressure on the lake and overexploitation of the fisheries resources.
		Pulicat lake would be developed as a gateway of tourism in Andhra Pradesh.
	www.thehindubusinessline.com /2001/02/12/stories/141260a2.htm (442 words)

	TN power project could kill fragile water system-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The creek is fed by the Pulicat lake, the second biggest water body on India's east coast after Chilika Lake in Orissa.
		Pulicat lake is famous as a winter hibernation ground for birds from the north of the Himalayas.
		With more and more power projects in the vicinity, "the Pulicat system is doomed," said Vasanthi Devi, a member of an expert committee that studied the pollution of the Pulicat system from the power plants two years ago.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_Id=11692642 (637 words)

	The Hindu : ... and a placid Pulicat experience
		PULICAT lake, with an average waterspread area of 350 square kilometres, is the second largest lagoon (bay) in India.
		The road from Chennai to Pulicat ends at the boat-jetty on the water front of the Buckingham Canal with a vast spread of overflown tidal waters from the lake, in the north.
		Pulicat is also an important seafood export centre for white and Tiger prawns, jellyfish, finfish and live lagoon (Green crabs).
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mag/2003/10/19/stories/2003101900280700.htm (1046 words)

	Regions Central Asia - IIAS Newsletter Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At Pulicat, the powder was stored in Burmese Martaban jars in which it could be kept for years on end without needing to be turned or stirred.
		In fact, so impressed was Batavia with Pulicat's way of storing gunpowder that they pried open the ceiling of one of their storage cellars and installed eighteen large Martaban jars in order to store gunpowder in the Pulicat way.
		But Pulicat was extremely wary of this, for if the glazed pots were jolted or indeed shattered, the powder could ignite, for even though the jars were first lined with jute sacking, the powder always seeped through.
	www.iias.nl /iiasn/26/regions/26SA5.html (1347 words)

	Beaches, tourism and travel guide on India from chooseindiatravels
		Pulicat is 60 km north of Chennai on national Highway No.5.A saline shallow water spread formed by the confluence of backwaters.
		Pulicat Lake and Buckingham Canal are situated on the northern end of Tamil Nadu is an ideal picnic spot.
		A catamaran ride on the shallow water spread and a visit to Bird Sanctuary are two most anticipated activities.
	www.chooseindia.com /tourism/tamilnadubeaches.html (745 words)

	AIM for Seva School Bhumi puja at Andalmadam, Tiruvallur District, TamilNadu
		AIM for Seva is proposing to build a School, Chatralaya and a Clinic at Andalmadam in Pulicat Lake Area in Tiruvallur District, TamilNadu, which will serve the Tsunami affected people of this area.
		The Foundation Stone laying ceremony for the School was held on 31st August 2006.
		Sangeetha in her speech said that one of the first request from the villagers of Pulicat Lake Area after she took over office was for Education and Medical facilities.
	www.aimforseva.org /events/06-08-31_andalmadamBhumipuja.html (221 words)

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		The lake is situated on the eastern coast of India, along the border of two states; two-thirds of the lake lies in Andhra Pradesh and the rest in Tamil Nadu.
		Of the 28000 fishermen at Pulicat Lake, two-thirds is dependent on the lake for its survival.
		Historically, the pattanathar have been responsible for the protection of the mouth of the lake, which is crucial for the passage of fish between lake and sea. Fishermen of three villages in the southern section of Pulicat control access to a part of the lake, through the paadu system.
	www.iwmi.cgiar.org /dialogue/files/LocalAction/LA_caseStudy_asia.doc (7725 words)

	A successful recovery
		The test conducted over the Pulicat lake signals that the Indian Space Research Organisation is on track to launching the Space Capsule Recovery Experiment, which will enable India to join a select group of countries with the knowhow.
		AS the helicopter circled at a height of 5 km over the Pulicat lake, off Sriharikota island in Andhra Pradesh, the spectacle that unfolded was stunting.
		The Pulicat tests were meant to check the terminal phase of the descent.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2119/stories/20040924002409600.htm (1062 words)

	Eco-adventure camp
		Pulicat Eco-Tourism Park is an inter- and sub-tidal lake, off the Bay of Bengal, across the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border.
		Pulicat Lake is 70 km long and the width varies from 1 km in the north to 20 km as it goes down south.
		Pulicat backwaters house 16 islands and 30 villages.
	www.chennaionline.com /hotelsandtours/Tours/2006/01eco.asp (996 words)

	GNF - Pulicat Lake
		Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish-water eco-system on the East Coast of India, 60 kilometres north of Chennai City.
		Pulicat Lake is a shallow lake with an average depth of one metre, it is connected with an estuary mouth with a width of 200 metres.
		Pulicat Lake is drained by three larger inflows and many minor inflows.
	globalnature.org /docs/02_vorlage.asp?id=20342&domid=1011&...&m4=20342 (341 words)

	PULICAT LAGOON
		A lot of fishing gears are used in Pulicat Lake, Researchers have listed nine types of fishing gear, cast-nets, gill-nets, drag-nets, shore-seine, bag-nets, stake-nets, hook and line, vallikodi (lure fishing) and adappu (impoundment).
		One reason is, that the lion-part of the aduatic life in a brackish-water lagoon consists of juveniles and fingerlings that are not harvested.
		In the highly productive Southern sector of Pulicat Lagoon, closer to Ennore and 5 kilometres from the estuary and bar (where the sea water and Lagoon water meet submerge together) the lagoon is being controlled by fishermen of three main Pulicat Lagoon villages namely Kottai Kuppam, Chuistain kuppam and Audi Kuppam.
	www.greengrants.org /ngo/cpda/cpdareport.html (2820 words)

	A Study of Ecosystem Development Along Coramantal Coast of Tamil Nadu Using Remote Sensing Techniques
		coastline with Pulicat Lake in the north and Kanyakumari in the south.
		Analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper data of April 1983 has shown that the Pulicat backwaters remain closed due to the constantly forming spit and its south eastern cornder motion (Fig-2a) during nine months in.a year and hence it is almost under lagoonal ' environment during that period.
		The movement of littoral currents are responsible for deposition and erosion along east coast and also for the growth of such spits near the mouth of backwaters such as Pulicat lake.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /aars/acrs/1995/ps3/ps3006.asp (722 words)

	COPDANET - Coastal Poor Development Action Network,India
		COPDANET first entered Pulicat lagoon, the largest salt water lagoon next to Chilka Lake with 60000 people depending on the lagoon for survival.
		COPDANET entered Pulicat Lagoon in 1998 to help the lagoon fisherfolk modernize their crafts and gears for better fishing and improve their quality of life.
		COPDANET was awarded with Trophies during Flemingo Festivals consecutively thrice for environmental sanity and protecting bird sanctuaries in Pulicat Lagoon.
	www.copdanet.org /pulicat.html (103 words)

	GNF - Pulicat Lake
		Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish-water eco-system on the East Coast of India, 60 kilometres north of Chennai City.
		Pulicat Lake is a shallow lake with an average depth of one metre, it is connected with an estuary mouth with a width of 200 metres.
		Pulicat Lake is drained by three larger inflows and many minor inflows.
	www.globalnature.org /docs/02_vorlage.asp?id=20342&domid=1011&sp=E&addlastid=&m1=11089&m2=11093&m3=18849&m4=20342 (341 words)

	About Chennai - History
		The place is about 25 miles north of Madras and its great backwater, the Pulicat Lake, afforded a safe shelter for the shipping of those days.
		But the Dutch, who were the bitter rivals of the English, had already been settled at the place and had the ear of the local Nayak.
		One of these Nayaks had given permission to the Dutch to build a strong fort at Pulicat where they had grown to be powerful enough to deal on equal terms with the Nayaks of the neighborhood.
	www.spiritofchennai.com /aboutchennai.htm (7285 words)

	Wildlife Reserves in Chennai - www.chennaibest.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The lake is separated from the Bay of Bengal by a strip of land, in which the town of Pulicat is located.
		A few centuries ago the town was an important centre for woven and colorfully printed cotton fabric.
		This unpolluted lake is a far cry from the clutter of city life, but at a reasonable distance.
	www.chennaibest.com /discoverchennai/sightseeing/wildlife01.asp (348 words)

	Migratory birds at Pulicat and Nelapattu lakes -Cities-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		CHENNAI: Tourists and bird lovers are in for a treat as Flamingoes from as far away as Siberia and Rann of Kutch along with grey Pelicans will be seen at Pulicat and Nelapattu lakes in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh from Friday, just as the fourth edition of the three day 'Flamingo' festival gets underway.
		He said an eco-friendly resort and a family entertainment resort at Pulicat would soon come up, at a cost of Rs one crore each, to augment the facilities.
		Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish water lagoon in India, spread over a 600 sq km area.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1002526.cms (281 words)

	Pulicat
		The VOC got its trading settlement in Pulicat (Paliacatta) in 1610 through a contract with the king of Karnataka.
		The white tombs hurt the eye in the bright Indian sun.
		There is a double gate at the Dutch cemetery in Pulicat (Tamil Nadu).
	www.home.zonnet.nl /dijoH2O/en/pulicat.html (131 words)

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	www.indian-wildlife.com /pulicatsanctuary.htm (310 words)

	Environmental Expert.com. Factors influencing flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseuis) distribution in the Pulicat Lagoon ...
		Factors influencing flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseuis) distribution in the Pulicat Lagoon ecosystem, India
		The shallow (1.5 m) Pulicat Lagoon in India supports a variety of migratory birds (125 species), especially flamingos and storks.
		Flamingo populations in this area are dominated by Phoenicopterus roseuis, and they are densely distributed in shallow areas and fringes of the lake where the water level is below 40 cm.
	www.environmental-expert.com /resulteacharticle4.asp?cid=6063&codi=5034 (135 words)

	Dutch coinage in India (and Ceylon)
		The Portuguese were the only Europeans in India until 1610 when the Dutch established their first trading post in Pulicat, North of Madras, on the Coromandel coast.
		Between 1638 and 1658, they expelled the Portuguese from South India and from the coast of Ceylon but lost this island to the British in 1796.
		Due to the lack of small change in the Dutch colonies, the VOC struck large quantities of Doits and Half Doits in various provincial mints in Holland.
	www.geocities.com /jmd_brussels/EURNLE.html (328 words)

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