Who really owned the land? #land #landopedia #zamindari #realestate

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[00:00:00]What was the Zamindari system? Let's rewind to the 1700s.

[00:00:05]The British East India Company wanted just one thing, tax. So, they said, "We don't want to deal with thousands of farmers. Let's appoint powerful locals to collect [music] taxes for us." And thus, Zamindars were born, middlemen between the farmers and the crown. In 1793, Lord Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Settlement Act in Bengal.

[00:00:24]Zamindars were given legal ownership of vast lands, and they had to pay a fixed annual tax [music] to the British. If they paid, they could keep the rest. If not, land gone. So, what did they do?

[00:00:36]Took tax from the peasants. Gave minimal rights to farmers, often didn't cultivate the land, but made the profits.