Who were Zamindars? What were their duties? - Vidyadip

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Who were Zamindars? What were their duties?

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The Zamindars:

The main source of income of the Mughal rulers was tax on the produce of the peasantry.
In most places, peasants paid taxes through the rural elites.
The rural elite was the headman or the local chieftain.
The Mughals used the term- zamindars- to describe all intermediaries, whether they were local headmen of villages or powerful chieftains.

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