zilladar
From Urdu/Hindi 'zila' (district) + '-dar' (holder), an Anglo-Indian colonial administrative term for the officer in charge of a zilla—a district-level subdivision of a province in British India.
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From Urdu/Hindi 'zila' (district) + '-dar' (holder), an Anglo-Indian colonial administrative term for the officer in charge of a zilla—a district-level subdivision of a province in British India. The role involved revenue collection, local governance, and law enforcement at the district level.
The petitioners travelled two days to present their grievance before the zilladar at the district office.
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(India) The administrative official of a zilla.
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A historical administrative title used in British colonial India for a native officer who supervised a 'zail' — a group of villages, typically as a subdivision of a tahsil or district. The zaildar was responsible for law enforcement, revenue collection, and maintaining order within their jurisdiction. The position was part of the colonial-era system that co-opted local leaders into the British administrative framework. The role was abolished after Indian independence.
- zilla79%
From Arabic/Urdu 'zila' (district, shadow), used in South Asian administrative geography for a district—the basic unit of regional government under British colonial rule and continuing in independent India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. A zilla is subdivided into talukas or tehsils and is headed by a District Collector.
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(India) An administrative unit of two to forty villages during the British Raj in India.