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A Saranjam is a grant of land (initially non-hereditary) for maintenance of troops or for military service found among the Maratha, Rajput, Dhangar,Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu, Pathare Prabhu, and Somvanshi Kshatriya Pathare communities in Maharashtra and the former Maratha administered regions of India, including territories in present-day Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. The grant was bestowed by a king or regional ruler of a princely state.

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  • A Saranjam is a grant of land (initially non-hereditary) for maintenance of troops or for military service found among the Maratha, Rajput, Dhangar,Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu, Pathare Prabhu, and Somvanshi Kshatriya Pathare communities in Maharashtra and the former Maratha administered regions of India, including territories in present-day Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. The grant was bestowed by a king or regional ruler of a princely state. The Saranjam system may be a form of to the Jagir (feudatory estate) system. The land was mostly in the form of a rural Watan (rights given in reward for previous service or merit) or Jagir, its owner being entitled to extract revenue from the villages included in the territory. Saranjamdar was the title given to the landlord or holder of a Saranjam. It was usually bestowed on that person for heroic deeds in the military field, thus most Saranjamdars were former military officers. He may be a jagirdar, always ranking as a vassal. (en)
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  • A Saranjam is a grant of land (initially non-hereditary) for maintenance of troops or for military service found among the Maratha, Rajput, Dhangar,Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu, Pathare Prabhu, and Somvanshi Kshatriya Pathare communities in Maharashtra and the former Maratha administered regions of India, including territories in present-day Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. The grant was bestowed by a king or regional ruler of a princely state. (en)
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  • Saranjamdar (en)
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