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Definition of Thanadars
1. thanadar [n] - See also: thanadar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thanadars
Literary usage of Thanadars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constructions of the Regulations and Acts: Issued by the Court of Sudder by Bengal. Sadr nizāmat ʻadālat, Charles Thomas Buckland (1855)
"In Regulation II. of 1832, it is prescribed that thanadars shall not proceed or
send officers to make enquiries into an alleged theft or burglary case, ..."
2. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Henry Sleeman (1844)
"The distance between the magistrates and thanadars is at present immeasurable;
and an infinite deal of mischief is done by the latter and those under them, ..."
3. A Report on the District of Jessore: Its Antiquities, Its History, and Its by James Westland (1871)
"They formed part of a police system established by Warren Hastings, and had under
them thanadars, or officers in charge of smaller jurisdictions. ..."
4. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"For the purposes of civil and criminal jurisdiction the nine smaller States have
lately been grouped under six thanadars, five of whom exercise the powers ..."
5. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1892)
"For the purpo'ses of civil and criminal jurisdiction the nine smaller States have
lately been grouped under six thanadars, five of whom exercise the powers ..."