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'''Daroghas''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|داروغہ }}}}) were police officials in the [[Mughal Empire]] and the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier|author=Shah Mahmoud Hanifi|author-link=Shah Mahmoud Hanifi|publisher=Stanford University Press|date=2011|page=142|isbn=0-8047-7411-0}}</ref> Daroghas answered to district [[magistrate]]s who were in charge of areas at least {{convert|100|sqmi|ha acre}}; because the magistrates were responsible for such a large area, the daroghas were normally the most powerful [[Local government|local authorities]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Crime, Gender, and Sexuality in Criminal Prosecutions|page=[https://archive.org/details/crimegendersexua0017unse/page/113 113]|volume=17|author=Louis A. Knafla|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|date=2002|isbn=0-313-31013-0|url=https://archive.org/details/crimegendersexua0017unse/page/113}}</ref> In some cases, daroghas were in charge of factories.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Waqai-i manazil-i Rum: Tipu Sultan's mission to Constantinople|page=14|author=Mohibbul Hasan|publisher=Aakar Books|date=2005|isbn=81-87879-56-4}}</ref> Descendants of daroghas continue to apply this title before or after their names. Two prominent examples include [[Darogha Ubbas Alli]] and [[Mohra Darogha]].<br />
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The women assigned to the administration of the imperial [[Zenana#Resident population|harem]] were also given the title of darogha. The position was appointed by the emperor himself, and marked a great honor for the woman and her family.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Mughal Harem|last=Lal|first=K.S.|publisher=Aditya Prakashan|year=1988|isbn=8185179034|location=New Delhi|pages=52}}</ref> Consequently, the women given these posts were chosen because they were well brought up, educated and from respectable families.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Royal Mughal Ladies and their Contributions|last=Mukherjee|first=Soma|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|year=2001|isbn=8121207606|location=New Delhi|pages=37}}</ref> [[Nur Jahan#Birth and early childhood|Asmat Banu Begam]], the mother of Empress [[Nur Jahan]], had at one time acted in this role.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or memoirs of Jahangir|last=Jahangir|first=Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim|publisher=Sang-e-Meel Publications|year=1974|location=Lahore|pages=216|oclc=83636859}}</ref> Female daroghas were tasked with maintaining court etiquette and keeping the peace within the harem.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Ain-i-Akbari|last=Abu'l Fazl Ibn-Mubarak|publisher=Munishram Manoharlal|others=H. Blochman, tr.|year=1977|editor-last=D.C, Phillot|location=New Delhi|pages=45–47|oclc=631607437}}</ref><br />
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