zemindary
Americannoun
plural
zemindariesExample Sentences
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About six parts in ten of the whole lands had been alienated to the Brahmans and temples, nor do I hear any complaint in this quarter of the present government having invaded this p. 115property; but much of the Zemindary lands have been granted to the soldiers and officers, on the same terms as towards the east, and the Zemindars of such lands have in a great measure been left to the discretion of the new occupants, who have of course raised considerably the rate of rent.
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A native town in one of the zemindary estates was so mutilated by them that it looked as if it had sustained a siege.
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McMaster states that it is found in the Golcondah Zemindary near Daraconda.
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How came this Rajah's family into possession of this great zemindary?
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While he was at Benares, he had in his hands Benaram Pundit, the vakeel of the Rajah of Berar, his own confidential friend, a person whom he took out of the service of his master, and to whom he gave a jaghire in this very zemindary of Benares.
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