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Taluqdar

तालुक़दार

said taa-luq-DAAR

also written: talukdar, taluqdar

Meaning

The holder of a taluqa, a great landholder who paid revenue on a cluster of villages and stood between the state and the cultivators.

Literally: holder of a taluqa

Related words

An estate or revenue sub-division comprising a group of villages, held by a taluqdar; a dependency in the revenue order.

A landowner or landlord; holder of land and its revenue.