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Ruling the Countryside
Describe mahalwari system.
Mahalwari system:
(i)The mahalwari system was devised by an Englishman called Holt Mackenzie which came into effect in 1822.
(ii)He felt that the village was an important social institution in north Indian society that needed to be preserved.
(iii)Under his directions collectors went from village to village inspecting the land, measuring the field and recording the customs and rights of different groups.
(iv)The estimated revenue of each plot within a village was added up to calculate the revenue that each village, i.e., mahal had to pay. This demand was to be revised periodically, not fixed permanently.
(v)The village headman was given the charge of collecting the revenue and paying it to the Company, rather than the zamindar.
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What were the circumstances which led to the eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?
One-third of the population was wiped out from Bengal because
The mahalwari system was devised by
The ryots were
The Indigo Commission was set up to enquire into the system of indigo production. Whom did the commission hold guilty?
After the indigo production collapsed in Bengal, the planters shifted their operation to
Indigo cultivation was done under two main systems known as ............ and .............. .
By the terms of the permanent settlement, the rajas and taluqdars were recognized as .............. .
.............. developed ryotwari system which gradually extended all over south India.
The indigo villages were usually around indigo factories owned by ............... .
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