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Definition of Raiyat
1. ryot [n -S] - See also: ryot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raiyat
Literary usage of Raiyat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak: His Writings and Speeches by Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1919)
"During the present times, it is the rich who ought to be taxed more. If the
Government* does not enquire if the raiyat—the poor ..."
2. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"This may be a common practice when a raiyat has several parcels of land scattered
in a mouza or a number of adjoining mouzas, ..."
3. Bengal Under the Lieutenant-governors: Being a Narrative of the Principal by C. E. Buckland (1901)
"In cases where an occupancy raiyat is liable to enhancement of rent under section
18 of Act VIII (BC) of 1869, such enhancement is either to be regulated by ..."
4. The Land-systems of British India: Being a Manual of the Land-tenures and of by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1892)
"The area of a raiyat's holding may either remain constant or may be varied by
... It is sometimes said that the raiyat holds under an annual lease from ..."
5. Bengal Under the Lieutenant-governors: Being a Narrative of the Principal by Charles Edward Buckland (1901)
"Rejecting all extreme cases, and giving indigo the benefit of all doubts, I cannot
put the absolute loss to the raiyat at a low average, reckoning the net ..."
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