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Gwalior was taken by the Muhammadans, and the last Tomara king reduced to the status of an ordinary jagirdar.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Abdul Hayi (later Sahir Ludhianvi) was born in 1921 in a jagirdar (feudal) family in Ludhiana, Punjab.
Kafila 2009
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But, today, an erudite, westernized lawyer like Jinnah who isn't a wadhera or a jagirdar would find it impossible to win a popular election in Pakistan.
Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email. 2009
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