Zamindari

//zəˈminˌdəɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. historical, uncountable
  2. 2
    The office or jurisdiction of a zamindar. countable, historical

    "To it came all the north-western and south-western zamindaris, which fell naturally into the new tahsils of Bemetara and Sanjari-Balod respectively (Gunderdehi was subsequently transferred from Sanjari to the Drug tahsil in 1907)."

  3. 3
    The land possessed by a zamindar. countable, historical, uncountable

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"To it came all the north-western and south-western zamindaris, which fell naturally into the new tahsils of Bemetara and Sanjari-Balod respectively (Gunderdehi was subsequently transferred from Sanjari to the Drug tahsil in 1907)."

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