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- noun Plural form of
patwari .
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Village patwaris, panchayat pradhans, school teachers - and even poor tribal people branded as police informers - have been targets of the Maoists in their guerrilla zones in Bastar, Jharkhand and parts of Andhra Pradesh.
Archive 2006-08-01 Abhay N 2006
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They are largely employed as village accountants (_patwaris_), clerks in Government offices, and agents to landowners, that is, in very much the same capacity as the
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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They work as village accountants (_patwaris_) and village priests, and also cultivate land.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell
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_ -- The Maratha caste of clerks, accountants and patwaris corresponding to the Kayasths.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The Kayasth caste were formerly patwaris by profession.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Many of them are in Government service, some being officers of the subordinate grades and others clerks, and they are also agents to landowners, patwaris and shopkeepers.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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These, being of mixed origin, formerly had a very low rank, and worked as village accountants and patwaris.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Chanda they work as patwaris and clerks to moneylenders, while some are merchants and landholders.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Very few of them are to be found as patwaris, constables or peons.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Two small groups of people stood listlessly outside the building, the candidates 'agents on the one side of the entrance, and on the other the _patwaris_ -- the village scribes who keep the official land records -- brought in from the different villages to attest the signatures and thumbmarks of the voters.
India, Old and New Valentine Chirol 1890
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