| Accompanied by some other young men from the village, he made rounds of the police thana and military base to get a release order. |
| On that day for the first time the Administration with the help of the Army evacuated people to the police thana or to school buildings. |
| These districts were parceled further into smaller units, called thana. |
| Twice had he come to the thana, taking each time three rifles. |
| The 10th Field Battery had been left in rear in case the guns might stick in the narrow roads near thana village. |
| Villages the smallest unit of government numbered in the tens of thousands and were grouped into unions beneath the thana. |
