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A '''Zemindar (alternative spelling ''', sometimes spelt zamindar) means landowner, is a government revenue collector responsible for collecting taxes in a given area.  Zameen = Land (urdu word) dar = ownerFrom . <ref>[[Hobson Jobson]] </ref> One holding land on which he pays revenue to thegovernment direct and not to any intermediate superior. In [[Bengal]] properthe zemindars hold generally considerable tracts of land, on a permanentsettlement 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> == Notes ==<references />