Meaning of thana | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An Indian military outpost.
2. A police station, or a police jurisdiction.
   India

Equivalents

Examples

“To this talk⟳ the dacoits agreed, and we had no trouble⟳ at the Thana, and could eat⟳ melons in peace, sitting upon our charpoys all day long.”

“Accompanied by some other young men from the village, he made rounds of the police thana and military base⟳ to get⟳ a release⟳ order⟳.”

“On April 18, 1853, the first passenger train⟳ ran on Indian soil, from Bombay to Thana, and this 20-mile section of line thus became the forerunner of the great 43,000 route-mile system that eventually covered British India.”

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