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- noun India An
officer tasked with theadministration of asarkar .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Renault's assistance by Nandkumar the faujdar of Hugli.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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Local legend holds that the patchwork of villages in the enclaves is the legacy of chess matches between the maharaja of Cooch Behar and the faujdar of Rangpur, who traded the pieces of land like poker chips.
NYT > Home Page By LYDIA POLGREEN 2011
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Local legend holds that the patchwork of villages in the enclaves is the legacy of chess matches between the maharaja of Cooch Behar and the faujdar of Rangpur, who traded the pieces of land like poker chips.
NYT > Home Page By LYDIA POLGREEN 2011
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"The khitmatgar yonder tells me they were taken to a house three coss {the coss is nearly two miles} distant, belonging to the great faujdar Manik Chand.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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