malguzar
From Urdu 'mal' (goods, revenue) + 'guzar' (one who pays or passes), an Anglo-Indian colonial term for a village landlord responsible for paying land revenue to the British administration.
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From Urdu 'mal' (goods, revenue) + 'guzar' (one who pays or passes), an Anglo-Indian colonial term for a village landlord responsible for paying land revenue to the British administration. The malguzar system was prominent in Central Provinces (now Madhya Pradesh); the role was abolished after Indian independence.
The malguzar collected rent from each tenant household before the monsoon, then forwarded the revenue to the district collector.
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(India, obsolete) A landlord.
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