What Does Zemindary Mean?

What Does Zemindary Mean?

nounWord forms: plural -is. (in India) a large agricultural estate.

What is a Zemindary?

1 : the system of landholding and revenue collection by zamindars. 2 : the land held or administered by a zamindar.

What is the meaning of the zamindars?

1 : a collector of the land revenue of a district for the government during the period of Mogul rule in India. 2 : a feudal landlord in British India paying the government a fixed revenue.

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