Did the zamindars own all the lands of the villages in the Mughal times
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● During Mughals zamindars belong to ruling class and they retained their ancestral land which were known as Jagir.
● These zamindars are known as in the time of Mughals who collected taxes from the peasants and other small-scale farmers of a particular area and transfer them to the Mughal emperor.
● But later on due to over exploitation there started a rebellion among the the zamindars.
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No zamindars did not own all the lands of the villages in the Mughal times
Explanation:
- The zamindars were not the owner of all the lands during the Mughal rule. The peasants owned the land and they paid taxes to the Mughal rulers.
- During the period of the Mughal ruler Akbar he introduced the ranking system called the mansabs.
- Taxes were reduced during his period and the peasants can pay their taxes according to the yield of the land.
- Also the zamindars cannot own the land completely they just collected the revenue and they paid them to the kings.
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