dewan
Example Sentences
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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
Ironically, it is the dewan sent in from India who leads the battle against "evil outside influences."
From Time Magazine Archive
The dewan reminded his master that he had tried to dissuade him from rashly giving his daughter in marriage to an unknown person, and had foretold that some calamity was sure to follow.
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
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
