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'''Inamdar''' was a feudal title prevalent before and during the [[British Raj]], including during the [[Maratha]] rule of [[Peshwa]], the [[Deccan Sultanate]], the [[Bahamani Kingdom]] and other rulers of India.<ref name=a>{{cite book|url=https://www.landwey.in/blogs/Inam-Lands-in-Telangana}}</ref> The title was bestowed upon the person who received lands as '''Inam''' (grant or gift), rewarding the extraordinary contribution rendered to the ruler or the [[princely state]].<br />
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Inam Land is defined as Land held as a gift or a grant by a Nizam or any Jagirdar.<br />
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In the colonial age, the British enacted several laws which defined rights and obligations of Inamdar in their territories, like the Madras Inams Act VIII of 1869.{{cn|date=October 2018}} There was a separate post of Inam Commissioner to look after revenue and records of Inam lands. There were certain Inam lands which were known as ''Pargana Watan Inam'' Lands.{{cn|date=October 2018}}<br />
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== Abolition and heritage ==<br />
After the independence of India, several acts were enacted in different regions to abolish rights of Inamdar and as such the Inam lands they received in grant, notably: The Bombay Personal Inams Abolition Act (XLII of 1953), The Bombay Pargana and Kukarni Watans (Abolition) Act, 1950; The Karnataka (Religious & Charitable Institutions) Inams Abolition Act, 1955; The Karnataka (Personal and Miscellaneous) Inams Abolition Act, 1977; The Karnataka Certain Inams Abolition Act, 1977; The Hyderabad Abolition of Inams Act, 1955; The Madras Inam Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1963, etc.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PQ9ZAAAAYAAJ&q=Inams+Act|title= Land Reforms in India: Karnataka: Promises Kept and Missed|isbn= 9780803993846|last1= Aziz|first1= Abdul|last2= Krishna|first2= Sudhir|date= 22 September 1997|publisher= SAGE Publications}}</ref>{{full|date=October 2018}}<br />
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When the Inamdari system of holdings and Inam lands was abolished, so was the feudal title of Inamdar.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
*{{cite book |title=The Cambridge Economic History of India: Volume 2, C.1751-c.1970 |editor1-first=Tapan |editor1-last=Raychaudhuri |editor2-first=Dharma |editor2-last=Kumar |editor3-first=Meghnad |editor3-last=Desai |editor4-first=Irfan |editor4-last=Habib |editor4-link=Irfan Habib |edition=Reprinted |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1983 |isbn=978-0-52122-802-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ew8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA179}}<br />
*{{cite book |title=Land Law and the Economy in Colonial India |first1=Tirthankar |last1=Roy |first2=Anand V. |last2=Swamy |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-22638-764-2}}<br />
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