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Thana vs Chowki - What's the difference?

thana | chowki |

As nouns the difference between thana and chowki

is that thana is an Indian military outpost while chowki is a police station.

thana

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An Indian military outpost.
  • A police station, or a police jurisdiction in India.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White , Folio Society 2005, p. 387:
  • To this talk the dacoits agreed, and we had no trouble at the Thana , and could eat melons in peace, sitting upon our charpoys all day long.

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    chowki

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (India) A police station.
  • (India) A custom house.
  • (India) A kind of low stool.