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Kutch

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Kutch  (kch)
See Rann of Kutch.
Kutch, Gulf of
An inlet of the Arabian Sea in western India adjoining the Rann of Kutch.
Kutch, Cutch [kʌtʃ]
n
1. (Placename) a former state of W India, on the Gulf of Kutch (an inlet of the Arabian Sea): part of Gujarat state since 1960
2. (Placename) Rann of. an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq. km (9000 sq. miles)
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Noun1.kutch - tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
cutch
tannic acid, tannin - any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine


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Since 1947-48--with three brief digressions in the Rann of Kutch (two weeks), oil installations near Karachi (three days), and the rice fields of East Pakistan/Bangladesh (two weeks)--the Kashmir-centred conflicts have actually been quite limited in spatial terms.
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Armed standoffs and conflict with Pakistan have arisen in 1965, 1971, and have continued as a stalemate since 1997 with respect to disputed Kashmir, Indus River water sharing, and the Rann of Kutch terminus.
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Kutch was devastated by the earthquake of January 2001 which caused havoc in much of north-west India.
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