How was the Mahalwari System different from the Permanent Settlement?
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under the under the permanent settlement the revenue was fixed or decided as per the land holding of the peasants. In mahalwari system revenue was to be paid by the village known as Mahal. in permanent settlement the jamidar collected the revenue. but in Mahalwari system the village headman had to collect the revenue.
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MAHALWARI SYSTEM
Holt Mackenzie devised it, and it came into effect in 1822.
The epicentre of the system was a village.
Villages were called ‘Mahal’.
The estimated revenue of each plot within a village was added up to calculate the revenue that each village (mahal) had to pay.
The revenue was to be revised periodically.
The charge to collect the revenue was on the village headman.
PERMANENT SETTLEMENT
Permanent Settlement was brought by Lord Cornwallis in 1793.
There was no such epicentre.
The revenue was fixed that each zamindar had to pay to the company.
Revenue was fixed.
The charge to collect the revenue was on the village zamindar (rajas/taluqdars).