dewan
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Nehru sent in troops and a dewan, or political officer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
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
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