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From Arabic/Urdu 'zila' (district, shadow), used in South Asian administrative geography for a district—the basic unit of regional government under British colonial rule and continuing in independent India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
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From Arabic/Urdu 'zila' (district, shadow), used in South Asian administrative geography for a district—the basic unit of regional government under British colonial rule and continuing in independent India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. A zilla is subdivided into talukas or tehsils and is headed by a District Collector.
The health campaign covered every village in the zilla, reaching populations that had never seen a government doctor before.
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(India) A subdivision of a province or state.
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- zilladar79%
From Urdu/Hindi 'zila' (district) + '-dar' (holder), an Anglo-Indian colonial administrative term for the officer in charge of a zilla—a district-level subdivision of a province in British India. The role involved revenue collection, local governance, and law enforcement at the district level.
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(India) The administrative official of a zilla.
- zail71%
(India) An administrative unit of two to forty villages during the British Raj in India.
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(India) A native officer in charge of a zail.