Until the Communists "liberated" the area in 1948, three landlord families dominated the village, and everybody else was condemned to work on their fields.

He was born into a landlord family but became a major leader of the peasant movement.

In 1970s to mid 1990s the major income for the villagers are came through agricultural labour from two landlord families.

He belonged to a rich landlord family.

For example, the dom, or scavenger, group is no longer expected to clean out the latrines of big landlord families.

The third group consisted of landlord families and business leaders who were given power and perquisites.

Jōji - The protagonist; a well-educated 28-year-old man from a wealthy landlord family.

Roy came from the landlord family of Lakhutia in Barisal district.

He was born to a rich landlord family.

He belonged to an important landlord family which came to Culdaff in the 17th century.