How to pronounce“zamindar”in English
Taxes had to be paid in cash, and this contributed to the growing commercialization of the Mughal empire.
Reliance on zamindars, who were important men in their communities, meant that the empire could collect revenue without being too disruptive to local village life.
And although almost all of the revenue came from taxes on agriculture, the Mughals also taxed trade.
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Definitions of “zamindar”
An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
“1861, Henry Mayhew et al., London Labour and the London Poor, London: C. Griffin, Volume 4, p. 120, In Bengal there were […] many female zemindars, or village revenue administrators, who were, however, subject to the influence, but not to the authority, of the male members of their family.”