Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A zamindar [a] in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semi-autonomous feudal lord of a zamindari (feudal estate). The term itself came into use during the Mughal Empire, when Persian was the official language; zamindar is the Persian for landowner. During the British Raj, the British began using it as a local synonym for "estate".
During the 14th century, the Hindu zamindar Raja Ganesha overthrew the Ilyas Shahi dynasty and placed his son on the throne. In Richard Eaton's The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, there is mention of Khan Jahan Ali as the zamindar of Bagerhat. According to records collected in 1870, Khan Jahan Ali settled in the area "to reclaim and ...
After the collapse of the Mughals, the British East India Company held sway over much of South Asia. [10] The colonial power wanted the revenue system "to be simple in its principle and uniform in its operation," but the zamindari system was so ingrained that even the early British rulers, from the grant of Dewani (1765) to the Permanent Settlement (1793), dared not challenge it fundamentally.
Mudaliar, also spelled as Mudaliyar, Muthaliyar, Mudali, and Mudhali, is a surname used by people belonging to Sengunthar, Thuluva Vellala, Kondaikatti Vellalar, Thondaimandala Vellalar, Senaithalaivar and Karaiyar. It is derived from the honorary title Mudali meaning a person of first rank in the Tamil language, which was bestowed upon top-ranking bureaucratic officials, philanthropists ...
Whereupon the Raja called out to his boatmen: Nao Tharo, nao meaning 'boat', and tharo meaning 'stop'in Hindustani. From a corruption of this exclamation, the place eventually came to be called 'Nator'. At first Natore was a beel whose name was Chaivhanga.
In Mahipur there was a zamindar by the name of Baura Korta, he was freed of all charges due to his wife — Sogir Uddin Boyati, [ 10 ] [ full citation needed ] Ziaullah's elder son Abdul Wajid Choudhury (born 1857) was an honorary magistrate and a member of the Rangpur District Board as well as the municipal board.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Zamindar were land-owning nobility in the Indian subcontinent. Zamindar may also refer to: Zamindar (newspaper), a popular and influential Muslim newspaper in the ...