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Definition of Ryots
1. ryot [n] - See also: ryot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ryots
Literary usage of Ryots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. James Mill: A Biography by Alexander Bain (1882)
"The sitting was next occupied with what was termed the Village Settlement: under
which the ryots were taxed by the head man of the village, a personage that ..."
2. Memorandum on the Progress of the Madras Presidency During the Last Forty by Seshayangar Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar (1893)
"into, both as regards Government and the ryots who were placed under them. ...
with the erroneous ideas as to the rights of ryots prevailing at the time, ..."
3. The Zemindary Settlement of Bengal by R. H. Hollingbery (1879)
"The provisional and permanent plans proposed by Sir John Shore for securing the
established rights of the ryots are detailed in para. 6, sections II & III. ..."
4. The Land Tax of India: According to the Moohummudan Law by Neil Benjamin Edmonstone Baillie, Fatāwi 'Ālamgīrīyat (1873)
"... which directed them among other things ' to encourage the body of ryots in
such a manner that signs of an increased cultivation and improvement of the ..."
5. The Land Tax of India: According to the Moohummudan Law by Neil Benjamin Edmonstone Baillie, Fatāwi 'Ālamgīrīyat (1873)
"... other things ' to encourage the body of ryots in such a manner that signs of
an increased cultivation and improvement of the country may duly appear. ..."
6. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1874)
"... and the main sup- Ry°t9 OT c"1- rr ' r tivators. port of the state, consisted
of the husbandmen or cultivators, who answered to the modern ryots. ..."
7. A manual of the Salem district in the presidency of Madras by Henry Le Fanu (1883)
"He was then meditating whether the lease or some other system would best suit
the condition of the Salem ryots, and having, during the course of his tours ..."
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