English Explanatory Dictionary

ryotwari

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In British India, a system used to collect revenues directly from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land), as opposed to zamindari, where revenues were collected indirectly through zamindars.

Word forms

ryotwari ryotwar ryotwarri ryotwarry
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