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89 V. Proprietors are those who hold estates that were sold in auction for arrears of Peishcush, or Government taluqs sold by the East India Company. The East India Company, whose main object was trade, sold Government lands in lots for their revenue for the sake of convenience.

Except the proprietary estates, all the rest were in existence before the Permanent Settlement.