zamindari

noun

  1. 1

    In British India, a system used to collect revenues from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land) indirectly through the zamindars, as opposed to ryotwari, where revenues were collected directly.

  2. 2

    The office or jurisdiction of a zamindar.

  3. 3

    The land possessed by a zamindar.

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