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One year, Bose and the faithful Ram had been round the zemindari, collecting rents; and, as many who had been in arrears paid up, they returned with a larger sum of money than usual.

From Bengal Dacoits and Tigers by Devee, Sunity

The zemindari, the family house, and the rest of his landed property of his own acquiring, he would make over by deed to his nephew, Satish Chandra.

From The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal by Knight, Miriam S.

Raja Chittaranjan used to look after his zemindari affairs at noon.

From Mashi and Other Stories by Tagore, Rabindranath

And she saw him herself that morning, in her favorite disguise of a rangar zemindari, which is a Rajput landowner turned Muhammadan.

From Guns of the Gods by Mundy, Talbot