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Curiosity piqued by video I saw yesterday of a stressed out government Covid doctor in India quitting due to abuse by politicians. He used the Urdu word for resignation letter (isteefa) which got me wondering why there’s no common Sanskrit-Hindi word for it.
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I am really surprised to find no discussion of the history of the concept online, and the book review you cite isn't encouraging. Somewhere is the earliest existent letter of resignation.