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| − | Zemindar | + | A '''Zemindar''', sometimes spelt zamindar, is a government revenue collector responsible for collecting taxes in a given area. |
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| − | 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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| + | == Notes == | ||
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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
- ↑ Hobson Jobson
- ↑ Douglas & Audrey Augier, Unusual Occupation. Dec. 16 1997
