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The result was: promoted by Redtigerxyz ^Talk 18:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Military history of Bassein

• ... that the strategic significance of Bassein diminished after the defeat of the Marathas by the British in 1818?

Created/expanded by Xavier449 ( talk). Self nom at 14:00, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

• New enough, long enough, hook fact is in article. One of the sources is a university website; assuming good faith on the others, since they're print sources by what look to be good publishers. Nyttend ( talk) 03:10, 30 October 2012 (UTC)