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purgana

purgana is the dated form 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

Forms of purgana

pluralpurganas

Questions about purgana

What is purgana the dated form of?
Purgana is the dated form of pargana.

Words near purgana in the dictionary

  1. purflings
  2. purfly
  3. purga
  4. purgament
  5. purgaments
  6. purgana
  7. purganas
  8. purganna
  9. purgannah
  10. purgannahs
  11. purgannas

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