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parganas

parganas is the plural of pargana.

Meaning of pargana

Noun

pargana (plural parganas)

  1. (British, India) An administrative unit of British Raj, consisting of a number of villages. Since Indian independence, replaced by the block or tahsil.
    • ‘I shall advise His Highness to sanction at least a high school in the capital, and if possible another in each pargana.’1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 165

Phrases with parganas

Questions about parganas

What is parganas the plural of?
Parganas is the plural of pargana.

Words near parganas in the dictionary

  1. Parga
  2. Pargade
  3. pargana
  4. parganah
  5. parganahs
  6. parganas
  7. Pargas
  8. pargasite
  9. pargasites
  10. pargasitic
  11. parge

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