In Urdu, Darkhast means a petition or request, and in East India Company terms it came to mean, particularly in Madras Presidency, grant by the government of poromboke lands to homeless or downtrodden individuals.
In Urdu, Darkhast means a petition or request, and in East India Company terms it came to mean, particularly in Madras Presidency, grant by the government of poromboke lands to homeless or downtrodden individuals.
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