Nawab
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Nawab is a royal title indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the Western title of Prince. The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared t
Robert Clive, meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, by Francis Hayman
General Nawab Sir Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, the last ruling Nawab of Bahawalpur
The winter diwan of a Mughal nawab
Nawab 'Alivardi Khan with his grandson Siraj-Ud-Daulah sit opposite his nephew Sayyid Ahmad Khan (Saulat Jang) and his Wazir another one is high rank amartya of durbar, Murshidabad.
Zamindar
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A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a zamindari. The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; z
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…sardars, of large or important tribes were also given the title, in addition to traditional titles already held by virtue of chieftainship. The term "Zamindari" was originally used for the subahdar (provincial governor) or viceroy of a subah (province) or regions of the Mughal Empire. Nawab was a term, used…
Khwaja Salimullah was a zamindar with the title of Nawab. His family's landholdings in Bengal were one of the largest in British India.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari, the seat of the Tagore family
Façade of the 300-year-old Bawali Rajbari, with Corinthian pillars, the seat of the Bawali Raj family
Mehtab Chand (1820–79) (zamindar of the Burdwan Raj) as a young man, c. 1840–45 AD.