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During the Mughal Empire, as well as the British rule, zamindars were the land-owning nobility of the Indian subcontinent [1] and formed the ruling class. Emperor Akbar granted them mansabs and their ancestral domains were treated as jagirs. [2] Most of the big zamindars belonged to the Hindu high-caste, usually Brahmin, Bhumihar, Kayastha and ...
The zamindars also had policing, judicial and administrative functions. The zamindars were integral to Mughal government in Bengal. They were also known as jagirdars. Under Company rule in India, the Cornwallis Code introduced the Permanent Settlement. Zamindars were made responsible for collecting taxes on behalf of the colonial government.
The zamindars of Bihar seem to have suffered far less than the old zamindars of Bengal and Orissa, who suffered considerably. The Darbhanga Raj, the Hathwa Raj, the Tekari Raj, the Deo families in Gaya, and the Dumraon families in Shahabad were among the prominent zamindars of Bihar who enjoyed prosperity. [12]
One of the few Muslim zamindars in the region, at a time when the territories were mainly ruled by the Hindu raj families (Royal families), the Singra Zamindari family or Singranatore Zamindars were descended from former mansabdars as hereditary Mirzas; a cadet branch of the Imperial family of India, they descended from a perso-Turkic dynasty.
The zamindars of Mahipur (Bengali: মহিপুরের জমিদার) were a Bengali aristocratic family of feudal landowners. [1] The zamindari estate encompassed the Chakla of Qazirhat under the Cooch Behar State since the Mughal period . [ 2 ]
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In redirect testimony, Madigan attorney Dan Collins asked the former speaker about a conversation with McClain on Aug. 4, 2018, when Madigan said, “Some of these guys have made out like bandits ...
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