taluktaluqn.
/təˈluːk/ East India.
originally. A hereditary estate belonging to a native proprietor; also, more usually, a subdivision of a zillah or district, comprising a number of villages, placed for purposes of revenue under a native collector; a collectorate. Also attributive.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > in India
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1793 Bengal Permanent Settlement Regulation in F. G. Wigley Bengal Code (1905) II. 437 Dependent taluk.
1799 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Dispatches (1858) I. 370 He may hereafter plunder the remainder of that talook.
1802 Treaty of Bassein in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 235 Such exchanges of talooks or lands shall be made hereafter..as the completion of the said purpose may require.
1839 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 258 Let there be four schools at Madras..; one, at the principal station of every Zillah; and one in every Talook.
1839 Lett. fr. Madras (1843) 259 In the Talook schools English would be unnecessary.
1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 352 The taluq or district of Wainad is a plateau, averaging an elevation of 3000 feet above the sea.
1891 Rep. Administration Local Boards in Bombay Presidency 1889–90 1 There are..39 Taluka Local Boards, presided over by the Assistant and District Deputy Collectors in charge of the tálukas.
1905 A. Andrew Indian Probl. 21 It is not possible for the President of a Taluk Board to attend to the schools in his charge.
1931 Times Educ. Suppl. 4 Apr. 123/2 The local municipal taluka or district board.
1977 Lancet 2 July 39/2 We have in fact already prepared a plan for the treatment of rabies in the taluka (somewhat bigger than a village).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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