how did jotedars rise their power during the British period
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They (jotedars) deliberately delay payment of revenue to the zamindar. (iv) Whenever the land estates of the zamindars were auctioned by the British East India Company for failure to make revenue payment, jotedars came generally among the purchasers. ... Their rise certainly weekened the authority of zamindars
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The first influencing factor was the Permanent Settlement introduced by the British, in which the Zamindars had to pay a fixed revenue for their group of villages.
While the British recognized the Zamindars as powerful and assigned them the responsibility, it did not want them to become too powerful, hence removed their bands of armies and musclemen, banned their cutcheries, making them weak.
2. This gave the opportunity for big farmers (ryots) in the villages called jotedars to grow. They continuously denied payment of tax to the Zamindar and accumulated money. Also, they cultivated lands in their names and benamis as well. They had in their employment many smaller ryots and landless farmers.