Zamindar

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Persian word Zamindar (plural: Zamindars or Zamindare , occasionally also Zemindari ; literally "landowner"; Urdu : زمیندار) was originally primarily used to refer to people who had the honor of representing the respective ruler from a certain region Collect taxes and then pass them on to him.

history

The term was very important in the Mughal Empire in India and later under the British . Gradually the practice of referring to the entire feudal system as the "Zamindar system" developed. During the Mughal times , but also during British colonial rule , the term Zamindar was also used synonymously for large landowners. After all, the term has also been used as a term for free farmers.

The Indian "Zamindar System" was abolished in connection with independence from Great Britain in 1947. In the former East Pakistan (today Bangladesh ), where it continued to exist until 1950 after it split off from India, it was dissolved after the establishment of the state of Bangladesh. In Pakistan one still lives in this system, especially in Sindh and Punjab : In Sindh the name is nowadays not Zamindar , but Wadara ; in Punjab the Zamindare are called Chaudhari or Malik .

See also

Web links