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Definition of Taluks
1. taluk [n] - See also: taluk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taluks
Literary usage of Taluks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter, Great Britain India Office (1908)
"The soils of the District are classed as red, mixed, and black; the two former
preponderate in the hilly western taluks, and the latter Agriculture. ..."
2. The Famine Campaign in Southern India (Madras and Bombay Presidencies and by William Digby (1878)
"Within the five districts, taluks were selected in this wise: in order to know the
... The taluks in which the death-rate was shown as the highest in euch ..."
3. A manual of the Salem district in the presidency of Madras by Henry Le Fanu (1883)
"From the above it appears that of the eleven taluks of ... was transferred to
the Northern Division of Arcot, the number of taluks was reduced to eleven. ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"In consequence of this peculiarity, the earlier revenue settlements were not made
by villages, but by taluks and tappas. The Muhammadan divisions of ..."
5. Madras District Gazetteers by Madras (India : State), B. S. Baliga (1908)
"Coonoor and Ootacamund taluks take about equal rank in the matter ; but Gudalur
is far ... Education by religions and taluks. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. ..."
6. Madras (1908)
"taluks are the units of District administration, just as Districts are those of
Provincial administration. They are divided into firkas, in each of which a ..."
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