Zamindari Definition

zamindaris, zemindaries
noun
The system of tax collection by zamindars.
American Heritage
The area administered by a zamindar.
American Heritage

(historical) In British India, a system used to collect revenues from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land) indirectly through the zamindars, as opposed to ryotwari, where revenues were collected directly.

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Other Word Forms of Zamindari

Noun

Singular:
zamindari
Plural:
zamindaris

Origin of Zamindari

  • Hindi zamīndāri from Persian from zamīndār zamindar zamindar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Zamindari Sentence Examples

  • At the same time the nawab made a grant to the company of the zamindari rights over an extensive tract of country round Calcutta, now known as the district of the Twenty-four Parganas.

  • Clive's jagir, as it was called, subsequently became a matter of inquiry in England, and on his death it passed to the company, thus merging the zamindari in the proprietary rights.

  • The zamindari system obtains throughout northern and central India, and also in the permanently settled estates of Madras.

  • In the other provinces variations of the zamindari and ryotwari systems are found.

  • Originally the company possessed only the zamindari rights, i.e.

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