| 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. |
| Twice had he come to the thana, taking each time three rifles. |
| Wherefore we were sent to that thana which was eight miles from the next thana. |
| Accompanied by some other young men from the village, he made rounds of the police thana and military base to get a release order. |
| These districts were parceled further into smaller units, called thana. |
| Villages the smallest unit of government numbered in the tens of thousands and were grouped into unions beneath the thana. |
