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Deshmukh was a historical title given to a person who was granted a territory of land in certain regions of India, specifically Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link)Indeed, the official titles of the Zamindars of Guntur had been Desmukh ( Executive-Collector), Mannavar (Head of Police), and Despandi (Chief Accountant); moreover, two of the five zamindari families were Desastha.
The Deshmukh system of allocation of whole villages to some was introduced by the Nizam when Salarjung I was the prime minister on the advice of British after 1857