Jagir definition
Jagir means the grant by or recognition as a grant by, the ruling authority for the time being before the merger of a village, a group of villages or a portion of a village, whether such
Jagir means an assignment of land revenue, which is collected and paid to the jagirdar. The jagirdar may subsequently acquire property and if he does, the grant technically becomes a muafi', though it always continues to be shown as jagir' .
Jagir means the grant by or recognition as a grant by, the ruling authority for the time being before the merger of a village, a group of villages or a portion of a village, whether such grant is of the soil or an assignment of land revenue or both, and includes villages, groups or portions of villages—
Examples of Jagir in a sentence
It formed an army it called the “Azad tforces,” with three zones of military command—one in Kashmir Province, one in Jammu Province, and one in the former Poonch Jagir.
The armed Azad Kashmir movement coalesced around a tax protest in the Poonch Jagir, where the Maharaja’s government had been attempting to regularize and increase land- revenue assessments since 1940, when it had been integrated into the Princely State.
Representatives of various state political parties from Kashmir Province, Jammu Province, and the former Poonch Jagir attended the meeting, includ- ing members of the National Conference, the Muslim Conference, the ▇▇▇▇▇ Party, and the Praja Parishad.
More Definitions of Jagir
Jagir means land held free of revenue assessment under a Sanad issued or confirmed by Government, but it does not include land granted under Rules 32 and 35 of the Land Revenue