Zamindar

Zamindar, also know as Zamindari, or the Zamindari System, is a variant on the feudal system, introduced by the Mughals to collect taxes from peasants. The practice was continued under British rule. After independence, however, the system was abolished in India and East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh), but is still current in Pakistan.

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The word 'Zamindar' has for some time been used for a peasant who owns land.

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Zamindar was also the name of a popular and very influential Muslim newspaper in the Indian subcontinent run by Maulana Zafar Ali Khan.

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Peasant: A peasant, from 15th century French pa?sant meaning one from the pays, the countryside or region, (from Latin pagus, country district) is an agricultural worker with roots in the countryside in which he dwells, either working for others or, more specifically, owning or renting and working by his own...