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Definition of jaghire

jaghire
Jaghir Ja"ghir, n. [Per. j[=a]g[=i]r.] A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops. [Written also jaghire, jagir, etc.] [India] --Whitworth.

Meaning of jaghire from wikipedia

- St David which was acquired in 1690. Chingleput district, known as the "jaghire" of Chingleput, obtained in 1763, was the first district in the Madras...
- who delivered the state willingly. Siva Rao was in return granted the jaghire of Hirehallu and eight other villages. Sandur remained a British possession...
- men fixed on an elephant, not much unlike the body of a sedan in shape. Jaghire, Jagheer: Literally, the place of taking. An ****ignment, to an individual...
- 11 Feb 1799 baptised 1 Mar 1799 and died 28 Nov 1872 – Collector of the Jaghire for East India Company. Alexander Thomas Maclean, 15th Laird of Ardgour...
- to the Proprietors of East India Stock on the subject of Lord Clive's Jaghire, occasioned by his Lordship's letter on that subject (London, 1764), and...
- 1. G.C. Loganadham. p. 607. Vedaji Bhascar Pant was the founder of the jaghire, to Vedaji Bhascar Thirumala Rao Sahib, the present [aghirdar, is due the...