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DEORI-KISHORI ZAMINDARI

Deori-Kishori Zamindari, "This estate is situated in the northeast of the Sakoli tahsil, adjoining Tirora and its own subordinate zamindaris of Salegaon, Bhagi and Chichevada. The Great Eastern Road (Bombay-Nagpur-Calcutta National Highway) passes through it and Deori is connected by a fair-weather road with Amgaon station, 23 miles distant. The area of Deori-Kishori, excluding the sub-zamindaris, is 27 square miles. The estate having been confiscated from Chimna Patel together with the Kamtha zamindari was made over to Narbad Lodhi with Kamtha in 1818 [Bhandara District Gazetteer, 1908 ed, pp. 200-201.]."

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