Zaildar
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Zaildar was a native officer in charge of a Zail in the colonial rural administration of Punjab
in British India. Each Zail was an administrative unit, extending between 2 to 40 villages.
A Zaildar was more influential than a lambardar
(village headman) because a Zail included many villages under it. Zaildars represented the Chaudhari
s of the former times and were hand picked by the deputy commissioner only after consideration of 'caste' or 'tribe' , local influence, extent of landholding, services rendered to the state by him or his family, and lastly personal character and ability.
Zaildars were essentially revenue collectors and village level representatives of the colonial state who enjoyed remuneration for their duties, life grants equal to one per cent, of the revenue of their zails from the assessment of any single village that they chose.
In addition to these life inams, or grants, there were some safedposhi grants of a semi-hereditary nature enjoyed by some of the leading agricultural families. They were semi-hereditary because one of the conditions of the grant was that on the death of an incumbent, his successor should , if possible, be a member of the same family. If, however, there was no fit member of the same family, the grant could be awarded to some deserving lambardar of the same tribe, who was not already in the enjoyment of such a grant.
The position was quite important as it extended the influence of the colonial state right into the villages.
List of Zaildars
Feroz Khan Zaildar of Kandhala, Kala Bakra, Jalandhar
S.Sher Singh Zaildar of village Bakali ruled nearby 25 villages of distt kurukshetra
Punjab (British India)
Punjab was a province of British India, it was one of the last areas of the Indian subcontinent to fall under British rule. With the end of British rule in 1947 the province was split between West Punjab, which went to Pakistan, and East Punjab, which went to India...
in British India. Each Zail was an administrative unit, extending between 2 to 40 villages.
A Zaildar was more influential than a lambardar
Lambardar
In Pakistan=The Land Revenue Act, 1967: -Section 4 :Village Officer means any person appointed under this Act whose duty is to collect, or to supervise the collection of, the revenue of an estate and include Kanungos, Patwaris, Service Centre Officials, Zabits, Kotars or Tapedars, Peons, Arbabs,...
(village headman) because a Zail included many villages under it. Zaildars represented the Chaudhari
Chaudhari
Chaudhari may refer to:*Chowdhury, a traditional title used by the landowners in the Indian subcontinent; now predominantly used as a surname*Chaudhari, NepalChaudhari may refer to:...
s of the former times and were hand picked by the deputy commissioner only after consideration of 'caste' or 'tribe' , local influence, extent of landholding, services rendered to the state by him or his family, and lastly personal character and ability.
Zaildars were essentially revenue collectors and village level representatives of the colonial state who enjoyed remuneration for their duties, life grants equal to one per cent, of the revenue of their zails from the assessment of any single village that they chose.
In addition to these life inams, or grants, there were some safedposhi grants of a semi-hereditary nature enjoyed by some of the leading agricultural families. They were semi-hereditary because one of the conditions of the grant was that on the death of an incumbent, his successor should , if possible, be a member of the same family. If, however, there was no fit member of the same family, the grant could be awarded to some deserving lambardar of the same tribe, who was not already in the enjoyment of such a grant.
The position was quite important as it extended the influence of the colonial state right into the villages.
List of Zaildars
- Zaildar Ram chandar singh Tyagi Hastsal village New Delhi -5000 acres 66 villages
- Zaildar Harnaryan Singh Tyagi Hastsal Village New Delhi-10000 acres 105 villages
- Zaildar Khan Malik Madad Khan Khattak Of Nowshera Tehsil .
- Zaildar Raja Hakim Khan Zaildar of Tehsil Sarai Alamgir
- Raja Muhammad Mirza Khan Zaildar of Zail Gujran 14 villages in Samundri TehsilSamundri TehsilSamundri Tehsil is an administrative subdivision, tehsil, of Faisalabad District in Punjab province of Pakistan. The lands of the Tehsil Samundri are irrigated by Gogera branch canal and Burala branch canal. All villages of the tehsil carry G.B. with their Chak numbers and name of village usually...
, SamundriSamundriSamundri is a city of Faisalabad District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°48'30N 71°52'15E with an altitude of 130 metres , and lies 45 from Faisalabad. It is the headquarters of Samundri Tehsil, a subdivision of the district.-History:Samundri was on a major trade route...
PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
(1936-1947) - Chaudhry Hashmat Ali 1899, Zaildar of Zail Gujran 14 villages in Samundri TehsilSamundri TehsilSamundri Tehsil is an administrative subdivision, tehsil, of Faisalabad District in Punjab province of Pakistan. The lands of the Tehsil Samundri are irrigated by Gogera branch canal and Burala branch canal. All villages of the tehsil carry G.B. with their Chak numbers and name of village usually...
, SamundriSamundriSamundri is a city of Faisalabad District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°48'30N 71°52'15E with an altitude of 130 metres , and lies 45 from Faisalabad. It is the headquarters of Samundri Tehsil, a subdivision of the district.-History:Samundri was on a major trade route...
PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... - S. Jagat Singh Mangat ji Zaildar Lall Kalan, (Ludhiana)
- Nawab Muhammad Amin Khan FaridPur Jagir, also enjoyed the privilege of Provincial Drabari
- Rai Inayat Khan Bhatti Kot Hussain, Zaildar of three Zails
- ATMA SINGH SIDHU punjab ,Zaildar of 125 village
- Rai Ahmad Khan Bhatti Thatta Issa
- Raja Sajjawal KhanRaja Sajjawal KhanZaildar Raja Sajjawal Khan of Mehmunpur was the son of Raja Diwan Khan. He was first Muslim Zaildar in his area. He had great political stature in all over Jammu Kashmir and northern Punjab. He was well known in elites of pre-partition erra with whom he had cordial relations...
Zaildar of Khari SharifKhari SharifKhari Sharif is an agricultural area in Mirpur District of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Broadly speaking, Alaqa-e-Khari refers to the fertile plains of Khari which exist between the hills of mirpur and the river Jhelum.Khari has some 80 small and large villages and one of the villages itself is known as...
, MirpurMirpur DistrictMirpur District is a district in the disputed and divided state of [Jammu and Kashmir]. The district is named after the main city, Mirpur. The District of Mirpur has a population of 371,000 and covers an area of . The district is mainly mountainous with some plains...
KashmirKashmirKashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range... - {ZAILDAR Ch Sardar singh ANTIL VILLEGE KHEWRA SONEPAT HARYANA 1935}
- NAJAM HARNAM SINGH SRANRampura punjab
- ZAILDAR KULDEEP SINGH BUTTAR zaildar of village tihara, dist ludhiana, punjab
- Raja Bashir Ahmed Khan Mirpur, Youngest Zaildar in State of Jammu and Kashmir
- pt.janki parshad zaildar of karnal punjab haryana 1919
- Zaildar Munshi Ram Zaildar of jind punjab haryana 1919
- Zaildar Harnaryan Singh Tyagi Zaildar of Hastsal West Delhi 1924
- Ajmer Singh Zaildar Pind Nagar, Tehsil Phillaur, Dist. Jalandar
- Zaildar Bukan Singh SidhuZaildar of Sangat bathinda Punjab
- zaildar S. Sant Singh Malhi Zaildar of SIALKA ZAIL nearby 36 village of Distt AMRITSAR
- Rana Abdul Hameed Khan Zaildar of RURKI ZAIL nearby 10 Village of Distt HOSHIARPUR
Feroz Khan Zaildar of Kandhala, Kala Bakra, Jalandhar
S.Sher Singh Zaildar of village Bakali ruled nearby 25 villages of distt kurukshetra