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DAWWA
Dawwa, a small village of 2,479 inhabitants in 1971, is in Sakoii tahsil lying about 18 miles east of Sakoli. There is a post office and a middle school. It was the headquarters of the Dawwa zamindari "situated in the east of the Sakoli tahsil between the boundary towards Tirora and the Great Eastern Road. Its area is 26 square miles, of which about a third is occupied for cultivation, and a large proportion is under scrub jungle. The zamindari was held by the family before the Maratha conquest and was confirmed to Muka Thakur Halba in 1775. The Chikhli zamindari formed a part of the original grant but the two villages it contains were given to a younger branch of the family [Bhandara District Gazetteer, 1908 ed., p. 200.]." |
