(India, historical) The head or ruler of a district.
(India, historical) The head or ruler of a district.
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(India) A village chief or leader of a panchayat in parts of India and Nepal.
(India, historical) In west and south India, a native official in charge of a district, often held by heredity; a petty chief.
(India, historical) A person acting as an agent, particularly a lawyer.
(India, historical) Part of a taluk; a subdistrict.
(India, historical) A ruler in certain princely states of the Northwest Frontier region.