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purganna

purganna 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 purganna

pluralpurgannas

Questions about purganna

What is purganna the dated form of?
Purganna is the dated form of pargana.

Words near purganna in the dictionary

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

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