Question

Disadvantages of mahalwari system

Answer 1

In the North Western Provinces of the Bengal Presidency (most of this area is now in Uttar Pradesh), an Englishman called Holt Mackenzie devised the new system which came into effect in 1822. He felt that the village was an important social institution in north Indian society and needed to be preserved. Under his directions, collectors went from village to village, inspecting the land, measuring the fields, and recording the customs and rights of different groups. The estimated revenue of each plot within a village was added up to calculate the revenue that each village (mahal) had to pay. This demand was to be revised periodically, not permanently fixed. The charge of collecting the revenue and paying it to the Company was given to the village headman, rather than the zamindar. This system came to be known as the mahalwari settlement.....


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Answer 2

The Mahalwari System was a system of revenue collection. It existed in parts of Uttar Pradesh, the Central India, parts of Punjab and the North Western Province. Here the disadvantage that the farmers had was since the revenue was collected during famines and other disasters, the farmers were unable to pay such tax. So the farmers suffered.
The British then took away their lands and soon the farmers became landless labourers bonded for life.

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