The Tanwar group, also known as Umrao, is that to which the zamindars belong, and they now claim to be Tomara Rajputs, and wear the sacred thread.
Some of the zamindars charge considerable sums for these certificates, and all cannot afford them; but in that case they are usually unable to get husbands for their daughters, who remain unwed.
This is the aristocratic division of the caste, to which the chiefs and zamindars belong, and according to the usual practice they have consolidated their higher position by marrying only among themselves.
The zamindars have therefore introduced a rule that no family can be recognised as a Tanwar for purposes of marriage unless it has a certificate to that effect signed by the zamindar.
Eight of the Bilaspur zamindarsare of the Kawar tribe.
It was this class which held some of the highest offices under the Muhammadan rulers of Bengal, and several leading zamindars or landholders at present belong to it.
So he fled south and took asylum with the Gond Raja of Chanda, from whom the Halba zamindars subsequently received their estates.
Telasi is the name of a sept to which four zamindars belong, and is on this account sometimes returned as their caste by other Kawars, who consider it as a distinction.
The Danuas live much by begging, especially at the funerals of wealthy persons, but both they and the Padhiyas know the Vedas, and are priests to the zamindars and the higher classes of Sudras.
The zamindars delivered over the guarding of the treasure to the professional barbers, who became a more important person in this capacity than in his original office of shaver in ordinary to His Highness.
It is well known, however, that zamindars and other rich men are very fond of intriguing with them, particularly in the neighbourhood of Paramagudi, where they live in great numbers.
Though their power has been put down from time to time by the Chalukyas, the Pallavas, and the Bellalas, several families of zamindars came into existence after the captivity of Pratapa Rudra of Warrangal in A.
Originally soldiers by profession, they are now mainly agriculturists and traders, and some of them in the north are zamindars (land-owners).
Cain [131] that "members of this caste are found chiefly in attendance on zamindars and other rich people, and report says that they are not unfrequently their illegitimate children.
Recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as an Oriya title given by Zamindars to the headmen of villages.
In Cuttack the Paiks formerly constituted a local militia, holding land of the Zamindars or Rajas by the tenure of military service.
Engagements, sometimes yearly, sometimes for a term of years, were entered into with the zamindars to pay a lump sum for the area over which they exercised control.
The zamindars of that time were raised to the status of landlords, with rights of transfer and inheritance, subject always to the payment in perpetuity of a rent-charge.
While the claim of Government against the zamindars was thus fixed for ever, it was intended that the rights of the zamindars over their own tenants should be equally restricted.
The attempt resulted in failure in every case, except where the zamindars happened to be the representatives of ancient lines of powerful chiefs.
Throughout the rest of Madras there are no zamindars either in name or fact.
The Madras Government was accordingly instructed to enter into permanent engagements with zamindars, and, where no zamindars could be found, to create substitutes out of enterprising contractors.
The zamindars of the neighbouring districts crowded in to pay homage, and the King of distant Khandesh sent an embassy to greet him.
Zamindars of this caste regard Kali as their patron deity.
The Kombai Parivarams, who are the servants of the Kappiliyan Zamindars of Kombai and Tevaram in the Periyakulam taluk, are a separate community, and do not intermarry with the others.
Thus the zamindars of Bilaspur, who originally belonged to the Kawar tribe, call themselves Tuar or Tomara Rajputs, and the landholding section of the Mundas in Chota Nagpur say that they are of the Nagvansi clan.
In Chhattisgarh the Pankas are considered above the average in intelligence and sometimes act as spokesmen for the village people and as advisers to zamindars and village proprietors.
Of these the Racha or royal Velamas, to whom the chiefs and zamindars belong, are the highest.
Anna Kuari finds votaries not only among the Oraons, but especially among the big zamindars and Rajas of the Native States.
It belongs to a class of men formerly maintained as a militia by zamindars and landholders for the purpose of collecting their revenue and maintaining order.
The descendants of some of these chiefs are to this day in possession of their lands, which they hold as petty zamindars under the British Government.
Some of the Zamindars in Madura belong to this caste.
A correspondent writes to me that "the Zamindars in the western parts of Madura, and parts of Tinnevelly, are known as Kambala Palayapat.
The Vellala families who conquered Vadukam, or the modern Telugu country, were called Velamas, and the great zamindars there still belong to the Velama caste.
The zamindars of Bodasamar, Rampur, Bhatgaon and other estates to the south and east of the Chhattlsgarh plain belong to this tribe.
The zamindars of Bodasamar, Rampur, Bhatgaon and other estates to the south and east of the Chhattisgarh plain are members of this tribe.
The petty Zamindars of Albaka, Cherla, Nagar, Bejji and Chintalanada, likewise had their forces of Nayaks and Kois, and were continually robbing and plundering.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "zamindars" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
