1) Type of country subdivision
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A pargana (Hindi: परगना, parganā), also spelt `pergunnah` during the time of the British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent, used primarily, but not exclusively, by the Muslim kingdoms. Parganas were introduced by the Delhi Sultanate, and the word is of Persian origin. As a revenue unit, a pargana consists.....
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(from the article `Santhl`) ...is led by a hereditary headman assisted by a council of elders; he also has some religious and ceremonial functions. Groups of villages are linked ...
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