Who were the Baro-Bhuyans?

Q. Who were the Baro-Bhuyans?
Answer: Landowners
Notes: The Baro-Bhuyans refers to the confederacies of soldier-landowners in Assam and Bengal in late middle age and early modern period. The confederacies consisted of loosely independent entities, each led by a warrior chief or a landlord (zamindars).

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