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Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900), Father of the Gazetteers of India, brought out his Imperial Gazetteer of India in 1881 in nine volumes. Four years later a fourteen-volume work was produced, the fourteenth volume of which w as an index. In his preface the author wrote: "Every article in the original edition has been submitted to the Provincial Government of India, and through them to the District Officers for criticism and suggestions."
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