Karwar

Karwar
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates:	14.8°N 74.133°E
Altitude:	586 m (1,923 ft
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Karwar
State/Province:	Karnataka
Country:	India
Transport links
Southern Mahratta Railway

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Karwar was the headquarters of North Kanara District in the Southern division of Bombay Presidency during the British period.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Karwar
Variants: Kadvad, Carwar

Railway Connection Proposals

The ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908’ states :-

“Karwar is the only safe harbour between Bombay and Cochin during all seasons of the year. A proposal was strenuously urged to connect Karwar by a railway with the interior, so as to provide a seaport for the southern cotton Districts. Between 1867 and 1874 the hope that a railway from Karwar to Hubli would be sanctioned raised the value of building sites at Karwar, and led to the construction of many warehouses and dwellings. The scheme was finally abandoned in favour of the line through Portugese territory to Marmagoa. The trade of Karwar has markedly decreased since the opening of this railway.”

This alternative line eventually opened in 1888 and named the ‘West of India Portuguese Railway’, after several delays and negotiations and delay see separate page

Earlier propsals had been put forward see separate pages for details
the Karwar-Dharwar Light Railway Proposal 1858
and Beitkal Harbour to Hyderabad Railway Proposal 1858.
and Carwar and Hooblee Railway Survey 1871-72

External links

Karwar Town Imperial Gazetteer