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Zamindar (transl. Landlord) is a 1966 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by V. Madhusudhana Rao.It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Krishna Kumari and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.
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.
In the early twentieth century, Biswambhar Roy is a Bengali zamindar (landlord) in decline who lives in a palace that is empty except for a servant and his steward. The music from the coming of age ceremony for the son of Biswambhar's nouveau-riche businessman neighbor, Mahim Ganguly, makes Biswambhar think back to when his only son, Khoka, went through the same ceremony.
The Bhawal Rajbari and its garden in the foreground (2007); currently this Rajbari is used as the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Gazipur. Bhawal Estate was a large zamindari in Bengal (in modern-day Gazipur, Bangladesh) until it was abolished according to East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950.
Mehtab Chand (1820–79) (zamindar of the Burdwan Raj) as a young man, c. 1840–45 AD.. When Babur conquered North India, there were many autonomous and semiautonomous rulers who were known locally as Rai, Raja, Rana, Rao, Rawat, etc. while in the various Persian chronicles, they were referred to as zamindars and marzabans.
Mymensingh has a long tradition of muktagacha plays. The cultural scene here was once very diverse. There was spontaneous participation of Muktagacha zamindars in drama, literature, culture etc. [15] And this revolving stage made the drama more popular. Kumar Bhupendra Kishore, son of Zamindar Jagatkishore Acharya Chowdhury, was fond of drama.
Nawab Ali Chowdhury had made a valuable contribution to the establishment of the University of Dhaka (1921). Dhaka University came into being under a central government Act and it was Nawab Ali, a key member of the Muslim League, who piloted the Dhaka University Bill in the Imperial Legislative Assembly. After the establishment of the ...
Zamindars of Krishna district hold an important place in the history of Madras Presidency. Krishna district holds some huge Zamindari estates like Nuzvid Estate , Chintalapati Vantu, Devarakota, Repalle, Vallur etc. which are both extensive and wealthy estates.