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Noun
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ryotwari
(
uncountable
)
(
historical
)
In
British
India
, a system used to collect
revenues
directly from the
ryots
(cultivators of agricultural land), as opposed to
zamindari
, where revenues were collected indirectly through
zamindars
.
Alternative forms
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ryotwar
,
ryotwarri
,
ryotwarry
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