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Darkhast land and the Church of Our Lady of Assumption in Chennai

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.

1 Jul 2026 1:08 pm