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In the Tamil region, large landowners were called:

AVellalar
BUzhavar
CAdimai
DGrihapati
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Vellalar
1. Ordinary ploughmen were uzhavar. 2. Vellalar were the large landowners. 3. Kadaisiyar and adimai were landless labourers. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 8, Vital Villages, Thriving Towns._
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