zamindari
/zəˈmɪndɑri/
noun
- The system of landholding and tax collection under a zamindar in South Asia.
- The zamindari system was abolished in India after independence.
- Under the zamindari, peasants often paid high rents to the landlord.
- Historians study the zamindari to understand rural life in colonial times.
- The land or estate owned by a zamindar.
- The family owned a large zamindari in Bengal.
- The zamindari included several villages and forests.
- He inherited the zamindari from his father.
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