Zamindar

A zamindar on the Indian subcontinent was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and held control over the peasants, from whom the zamindars reserved the right to collect tax (often for military purposes). Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja (Great King), Rana (King), Malik (King),Rai (King), Raja (King), Deshmukh (Chief), Sardar, Mankari, Nawab (Lord), Mirza (Prince), Taluqdar (District Holder), Chaudhary (Lord), Reddy (Headman), Naidu, Gounder, and many others.

Although zamindars were considered to be equivalent to lords and barons in some cases they were seen as independent, sovereign princes. Often zamindars were Indian princes who lost their sovereignty due to British Rule (see: Madras Zamindari). For example, the Sivaganga Zamindari and Ramnad Zamindari were the lesser and greater Kingdom of Marava ruled by the royal family till 1803; ever since then they were the Zamindars of Marava.

There is no clear distinction between royal zamindars, such as Raja Venkata Ranga Rao, or merely aristocratic zamindars. Many kings were former zamindars, such as the Royal House of Benares; conversely many new zamindars were old kings. As a result, there is some confusion about the Indian kingdoms about who is a king and who is a zamindar, as there were as many as 568 kingdoms and, according to some other sources, 572 princely states in India before independence. During the Mughal Empire, zamindars belonged to the nobility and formed the ruling class. Emperor Akbar granted them mansabs and their ancestral domains were treated as jagirs.

Zamindar (1965 film)

Zamindar (Telugu: జమీందార్) is a 1965 Telugu thriller film directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao and produced by Tammareddy Krishna Murthy of Ravindra Art Pictures.

Plot

The film is about a CID Officer who pretends as a criminal to recover the Rs. 25 Lakhs of stolen money from a group of thieves. The film opens with Saroja (Krishna Kumari) with her friends go for a picnic and confront with the Hero Seshagiri (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) and his friends for accommodation in a Guest House and tease each other. Saroja is the Daughter of a rich man Narahari (Mudigonda Lingamurthy) and Seshagiri is the Pampered Brother of Subbarao (Gummadi) and his wife Lakshmi (Hemalatha). Seshagiri and Saroja fall in love.

The story takes a sharp turn with the entrance of the Villain Raju (Nagabhushanam). Narahari is worried at his arrival because of the dark past between them.

Six Friends Narahari, Raju, Joginder, Johnny, Murthy and Kumar worked in Military during the Second World War. Narahari was entrusted with the Job of transporting 25 Lakhs of money to a certain place by the Army. He was accompanied by the rest. All the Friends decide to grab the money. They hide the money and inform their superiors that the money was seized by the enemies.

Zamindar (disambiguation)

Zamindar is a taxation system in India and Pakistan.

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