(India, historical) A subtenant who leased land from a patnidar (and possibly further sublet it).
(India, historical) A subtenant who leased land from a patnidar (and possibly further sublet it).
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(India, historical) A kind of tenant landholder in India.
An Indian legal and agricultural term for a leaseholder or registered holder of a land parcel — a person whose name appears on a patta (a land title document or lease). 'Pattadar' is used in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana land records and legal contexts. The pattadar is the recognized tenant or owner-cultivator for purposes of land revenue and legal rights. An important term in South Indian land tenure administration.
(India) A leaseholder.
(India, historical) A village landholder who paid rent directly to the sovereign; an aristocratic landowner in India.