Cover the rural Bengal terms

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Paid a revenue fixed in perpetuity and kept what was left of the rent collected

   Item

   Zamindar

2. Clue

   Rich village peasant of North Bengal who also controlled trade and moneylending

   Item

   Jotedar

3. Clue

   British spelling of raiyat, the peasant who owed rent to the zamindar

   Item

   Ryot

4. Clue

   Rented land from a ryot who leased it out instead of cultivating it

   Item

   Under-ryot

5. Clue

   Officer of the zamindar who came round the village at rent collection time

   Item

   Amlah

6. Clue

   Stick wielding strongman who kept outside buyers off an auctioned estate

   Item

   Lathyal

7. Clue

   A purchase in a false name where the real beneficiary stays unnamed

   Item

   Benami

8. Clue

   One who holds a taluq, a territorial unit, settled with as a zamindar in 1793

   Item

   Taluqdar

9. Clue

   Acted as both moneylender and trader in the villages of the Bombay Deccan

   Item

   Sahukar

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it names. Three in a row wins the board.

Explanation