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Who was the foreign minister of India in the Morarji Desai's government?
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What is the Histery of surname desai?
Desai is an Indoaryan administrative title and surname derived from the apparently Turkish words "dah sai", which mean "ten parts". It may be possible that ancient Turkish trade links associated with the west coast of India may have influenced the name. Desais were revenue collectors who looked after a region or area on the ruler's behalf and in return would get ten percent share of revenue. Historically, the feudal lords of Western Indian regions of Gujarat and the Konkan regions of Maharashtra and Goa were honoured with the title 'Desai'. Desais can now be found all over the Indian subcontinent and primarily belong to either Kshatriya (ruler) or Brahmin (priestly) castes of Hindus. In the Konkan region, The titular Desai surname is attached to another family name or the name of the village, eg Sawant Desai (primarily of Sawantwadi), Rane Sardesai, Raut Desai, Naik Desai. * Morarji Desai - The late Prime Minister of India. * C. D. Desai - Chunnilal Devkaran Nanjee: "Desai" - Indian philatelist. * Kiran Desai - The renowned Indian author, who was awarded the Man Booker Prize, 2006. * Mahadev Desai - The secretary and assistant of Mahatma Gandhi. * Manmohan Desai - The late film director who gave numerous entertaining Bollywood flicks * Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai - Economist and life peer of the British Labour Party. * Dr. Umedram Lalbhai Desai - Physian/Surgeon (1869-1930) * Leela Desai - Famous Indian Actress/Producer * Prachi Desai- Famous actress in Indian Film Industry * Jay Desai- Famous British-Indian entrepreneur based in the UK * Bindu Desai - Very famous Indian Actress of 1960s, 1970s and 1980s * Sagar Desai Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desai"
What were chauth and sardeshmukhi in maratha empire?
Chauth and sardeshmukhi were the two most important taxes in the taxation system of the powerful Maratha state founded by brilliant Maratha leaderShivaji(1627-1680). chauth was a military tribute that was levied as a as a quid pro quo for protection against the invasion of a third power.Since Shivaji was the hereditary sardeshmukh (Chief Headmand ) of Maharashtra, he demanded an additional levy of 10 percent known as sardeshmukhi. Ishwari Prasad is of the opion that desai is the corrupt form of the Sanskrit word deshswami also called deshmukh. The sardeshmukh stood above many desais and deshmukhs were under the control of the sardeshmukh. sardeshmukh was paid for his services and this payment was called sardeshmukhi. Shivaji claimed to be the hereditary sardeshmukh of his country.
