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Zemindar means landowner. Zameen = Land (urdu word) dar = owner
A '''Zemindar''', sometimes spelt zamindar, is a government revenue collector responsible for collecting taxes in a given area.
From [[Hobson Jobson]] One holding land on which he pays revenue to the
 
government direct and not to any intermediate superior. In [[Bengal]] proper
Zameen = Land (urdu word) dar = owner. <ref>[[Hobson Jobson]]</ref>
the zemindars hold generally considerable tracts of land, on a permanent
 
settlement of the amount to be paid to the Government.  
One holding land on which he pays revenue to the government direct and not to any intermediate superior. In [[Bengal]] proper
Zemindars then leased out land to farmers and made a living.
the zemindars hold generally considerable tracts of land, on a permanent settlement of the amount to be paid to the Government.  
Zemindars then leased out land to farmers and made a living.<ref>Douglas & Audrey Augier, ''[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/1997-12/0882250197 Unusual Occupation]''. Dec. 16 1997</ref>
 
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Contributed to the India list by Douglas & Audrey Augier, Dec. 16 1997


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Latest revision as of 21:58, 28 January 2014

A Zemindar, sometimes spelt zamindar, is a government revenue collector responsible for collecting taxes in a given area.

Zameen = Land (urdu word) dar = owner. [1]

One holding land on which he pays revenue to the government direct and not to any intermediate superior. In Bengal proper the zemindars hold generally considerable tracts of land, on a permanent settlement of the amount to be paid to the Government. Zemindars then leased out land to farmers and made a living.[2]

Notes

  1. Hobson Jobson
  2. Douglas & Audrey Augier, Unusual Occupation. Dec. 16 1997