dewanee
noun
de·wa·nee
variants
or dewanny
or diwani
-nē
plural dewanees or dewannies or diwanis
: the office or jurisdiction of a dewan
specifically
: the right to collect the revenues of Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha that was acquired by the East India Company in 1765
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