They are mainly a community of peasant proprietors.
The Dhekaha are a mainly a community of small peasant proprietors.
He started studying the Malayan rubber industry, was impressed by the success of small peasant proprietors and published a book on the subject in 1948.
In the Chhach area, they also found mainly as peasant proprietors.
The aim had been to create "peasant proprietors" owning what were usually small farms.
The mediaeval burgesses and the small peasant proprietors were the precursors of the modern bourgeoisie.
The Makwana are now mainly small peasant proprietors found in north Gujarat.
In his own words: "changing rack-rented farmers into peasant proprietors".
Significantly, the villages which tended to disappear were those with a low proportion of peasant proprietors (83, p.28).
These Ahbans are largely small zamindars, and many are simple peasant proprietors.