dewan
Example Sentences
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Ironically, it is the dewan sent in from India who leads the battle against "evil outside influences."
From Time Magazine Archive
Nehru sent in troops and a dewan, or political officer.
From Time Magazine Archive
In came Indian troops, and a dewan or Prime Minister furnished by India.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the Raja told his dewan that he must without fail find some one who would, guess his thought, and he gave the dewan exactly one month’s time in which to search.
From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas
The dewan searched high and low but all in vain, and as the time drew near he grew more and more anxious, for he feared that he would fall into disgrace.
From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas
