Fort vs Kotwal - What's the difference?
fort | kotwal |
(historical) The leader of a kot or fort in medieval India.
The local police chief or magistrate of an Indian town or city.
*1997 , (Kiran Nagarkar), Cuckold , HarperCollins 2013, p. 437:
*:Why do people pay taxes, offer their wrists for manacling when the kotwal or even an ordinary policeman shows up at the door to arrest a man who is accused of committing a theft or murder?
