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Definition :

Dewan, Duam, place of assembly; Native Minister of the Revenue Department; and Chief Justice in Civil causes, within his jurisdiction; receiver-general of a province. This term is also used to designate the principal revenue servant under a European collector and even of a Zemindar. By this title the East India Company were receivers-general of the revenues of Bengal under a grant from the Great Mogul, Indian.