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GANGAZARI
Gangazari, with a population of 1,534 in 1971, is a village in Gondia tahsil lying about eight miles east of Tirora. It is a railway station having post and telegraph facilities, a dispensary and a school. Mahashivaratra fair attended by nearly 1,200 persons is held in Magh (January-February). The village was the headquarters of the Gangazari zamindari of which the following details are available in the earlier edition of Bhandara Gazetteer: " This estate is situated in the Tirora tahsil, to the east of Tirora and adjoining the railway. It contains seven villages and has an area of 18 square miles. It was a subordinate zamindari of Warad, but at Mr. Napier's settlement the zamindar was permitted, in accordance with his expressed desire, to pay the takoli direct to Government. The Maratha administration at one time treated with its owner direct, and when and for what reason the change was made is not recorded.
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