Jagirdar vs. Zamindar — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Jagirdar and Zamindar
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Jagirdar
One who holds a jagir.
Zamindar
A zamindar (also known as zomindar, zomidar, or jomidar) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province who were originally known as bhumipatis. They accepted the suzerainty of the Emperor of Hindustan and were converted into zamindars by the Mughals and later the British.
Zamindar
An official in precolonial India assigned to collect the land taxes of his district.
Zamindar
A landholder in British colonial India responsible for collecting and paying to the government the taxes on the land under his jurisdiction.
Zamindar
An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
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Zamindar
A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue.
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