Definitions
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- noun India A proprietor of a talook.
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- noun Archaic form of
talukdar .
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Examples
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This doctrine of confiscation is a convenient one, but it is somewhat inconsistent with the outcry that has so recently been raised because Lord Canning was supposed to have confiscated the rights of certain farmers of the revenue in India; for that is the exact position of a talookdar.
The Corporation of London, Its Rights and Privileges William Ferneley Allen
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Here, in obedience to the order he had sent her, the wife of the talookdar, veiled from head to foot, and surrounded by her attendants, stood to await the orders of her captor.
In Times of Peril 1867
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Thakoor Buksh Nyhussa, talookdar of Rahwa seized upon Agoree in the same way that the local authorities designedly assessed these villages at a higher rate than they could be made to pay, and then, for a bribe, transferred them to the powerful tallookdars, on account of default. "
A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II William Sleeman 1822
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