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Old Aug 29th, 2009, 16:35   #1
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Tracing my ANCESTORS

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to find out where my ancestors came from, basically,
they were indentured labourers who sailed under the "Birtish Raj" to Mauritius.

I have the name of the village, the "zillah" and "pergunnah". I don't know what those are.

Would you know what they are and I know the following:

Village: LOLLGUNGE
ZILLAH: Ranchee
Pergunnah: DOYRAL

Does anybody know about these. The village name would have probably change cause these were found in really old documents in the 1800s.

Please help, thanks!
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Old Aug 29th, 2009, 20:07   #2
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It is probably Lalgunj.
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Old Aug 29th, 2009, 20:13   #3
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Hello everyone,

I have the name of the village, the "zillah" and "pergunnah". I don't know what those are.

....Would you know what they are....
Zillah is District, and Pargana an administrative area within the district. Also called/similar to Taluk, Taluka, Mandal, etc., elsewhere. More on Pargana here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pargana
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Old Aug 29th, 2009, 20:34   #5
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That village you are looking for could be in Ranchi disrict in Jharkhand state. Lalgunj is a very common name, there is one in Bihar too (Vaishali dist).

In India, Zilla is equivalent to District. Pargana was a former administrative unit no longer in use. Almost all states, districts, etc. have gone through several revisions in past century.
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