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Many Zamindari estates were later annexed in the government due to the arrears and lost most of their villages. [7] Then they divided the estates further and sold to other proprietors. The details were collected by Henry Morris and wrote in the Book, A descriptive and historical account of the Godavery District in the presidency of Madras Page ...
In 1911, zamindari estates covered 26 million acres (110,000 km 2) and occupied over one-fourth of the total area of the presidency. [1] In 1945-46, there were 20,945,456 acres (84,763.25 km 2 ) of Zamindari estates which yielded a revenue of 97,83,167 Rupees and 58,904,798 acres (238,379.26 km 2 ) of ryotwari lands which yielded a revenue of ...
In the heyday of the Mughals, the faujdar retained supreme authority over the thanas, nominally placed under the zamindari control. In nawabi Bengal (under the Nawabs of Bengal), the thanas gradually fell under the control of the monopolistic zamindari estates. [8] Territorial zamindars had judicial powers.
List of Zamindaris in Krishna District in the year 1874-75 Zamindari Holder Peskash Krishna district Nuzvid Estate: 95,443 Virsanapettah 20,829 Challapalli: 81,397 Chintalapati Vantu 17,500 Chevendra 4,776 Chanubanda 1.357 Mylavaram Muttah 1.25 vantu 4,858 Mylavaram Muttah 1 vantu 3,887 Vutukur Muttah 2,156 Half of Tiruvur Muttah 2,117
In the years between 1866 and 1867, two cousins, Goursundar Choudhury and Dwarakanath Choudhury, acquired substantial land holdings to form the Nimtita Estate. [1] Besides, Zamindar Mahendra Narayan Roy of this is the family which patronized noted painter Kshitindranath Mazumdar for joining Government College of Art and Craft (then Government Art School) in Calcutta.
The Choudhury estate was established by Rani Gaurangini Devi in the 18th century in British-occupied India. The first zamindar of this family was Babu Keshto Mohun Choudhury. [1] The last zamindar of Jagtai was Shri Sailendranath Choudhury until the abolition of zamindars by the West Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Nuzvid Zamindari is one of the oldest zamindari in the Krishna District.It held huge estates till it was annexed into the Government of India in 1949. Originally the history of this estate dates back to 16th century when the ancestors of the royal family of Nuzvid, Meka Basavanna came to Krishna District.