Between 1896 and 1914 the area under indigo and its exports had a precipitous fall . सन् 1896 तथा सन् 1914 के बीच के वर्षों में नील की खेती और इसके निर्यात में अचानक गिरावट आयी .
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Tillangchong, situated opposite Car-Nicobar, is a narrow mountainous island with precipitous cliffs, stretching from north-west towards south-east. कार-निकोबार के दूसरी ओर स्थित तिलंगचोंग उत्तर पूर्व से दक्षिण-पूर्व की ओर फैला एक संकड़ा और ढालू चट्टानों वाला पर्वतमय टापू है.
परिभाषा
extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop" पर्याय: abrupt, sharp,
done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" पर्याय: hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant,