dewan
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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
In came Indian troops, and a dewan or Prime Minister furnished by India.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nehru sent in troops and a dewan, or political officer.
From Time Magazine Archive
An officer, called a dewan, had been established in the provinces, expressly as a check on the person who should act as farmer-general.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
There was once a Raja and his dewan and they each had one son; these sons were married in infancy but as they grew up they never heard anything about their having been married.
From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas
