Maharashtra government demands nazrana from war widow for allotted plot of land

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The state government is now demanding nazrana from war widow Indira Jadhav, whose husband died in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war, for the plot of land in Ratnagiri which is to be handed to her. According to Jadhav’s counsel Avinash Gokhale, who explained to HC, a nazrana system was practiced in the olden days when anyone going to visit kings would carry a gift.