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