Cawnie
A cawnie is an obsolete unit of land area used in Chennai (formerly Madras) in India. It was approximately equal to 1.322 acres.[1] In SI units that is 5349 square metres. After metrication in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete.
See also
References
- ↑ Street's Indian And Colonial Mercantile Directory. 1869. p. 32
External links
- "Cawnie". Sizes, grades, units, scales, calendars, chronologies. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
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