Which of the following is true regarding a ‘zamindar’?

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Revenue collectors

Intermediaries

Rebelled against the authority

All of the above

answer is D.

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A 'zamindar' is a revenue collector, intermediary and the one who rebelled against the authority.
Taxes imposed on the agricultural produce of the peasantry served as the Mughal emperors' primary revenue source. Headmen or other local chieftains often served as the peasants' conduit for paying taxes to the rural aristocracy. Whether regional headmen of villages or strong chieftains, the Mughals referred to all intermediaries as zamindars. These zamindars were also responsible for collecting revenue. The zamindars had a lot of influence in various regions. They would rise in rebellion due to the Mughal officials' exploitation. Sometimes members of the same caste joined together to rebel against the Mughal rule. Around the end of the seventeenth century, these peasant uprisings threatened the Mughal Empire's stability.

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