1) Indiaa landlord
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A zamindar on the Indian subcontinent was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and held control over the peasants, from whom the zamindars reserved the right to collect tax (often for military purposes). Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja (Great King), Rana (King), Rai (King) Raja (King...
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[newspaper] Zamindar was an Indian Muslim newspaper in the Urdu language. The founding editor of this newspaper was Zafar Ali Khan, a poet, intellectual, writer, Muslim nationalist and supporter of All India Muslim League`s Pakistan Movement. The newspaper was the mouthpiece of Indian Muslims, Muslim Nationalists and Pakistan Movement durin...
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• (n.) A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue.
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in India, a holder or occupier (dr) of land (zamn). The root words were Persian, and the resulting name was widely used wherever Persian influence ... [5 related articles]
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IndiaA landlord
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land owner
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Zam`in·dar' noun [ Hind.
zemīndār ,
zamīndār , a landholder, Persian
zamīndār ;
zamīn land
dār holding.] A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual ...
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(in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government. · (in Mogul India) a collector of farm revenue, who paid a fixed sum on the district assigned to him.
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Landlord, but particularly of the group of landlords and the zamindar system that emerged after the British Permanent Settlement (Landlease) Act of 1793. In essence, the former tax collectors of the Mughal period (1526-1858) became landlords under the British. Zamindar tenure was abolished in 1950.
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