Read the statements and tick the correct option: a)Revenue was added up to calculate the revenue that each village had to pay.
b)This demand was to be revised periodically. c)The demand was not permanently fixed.
d)The charge of collecting revenue and paying it to the company was given to the village.
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The Mahalwari system was introduced in the North West Frontier, Agra, Punjab, Gangetic valley, Central Province, etc. This system had elements both from Zamindari as well as Ryotwari systems.
According to this system, the land was divided into units called Mahals consisting of even one or more villages. The tax was calculated on the basis of Mahal wherein each farmer gave his individual share. The revenue was collected by the village headman or the village leaders and the ownership rights rested with the peasants only. The state share of the revenue was sixty-six percent of the rental value and the settlement was agreed for thirty years. The Mahalwari system laid down the concept of average rents for different classes and types of soils.
The entire land revenue system of the British had grave consequences. Firstly, land became a product for tax generation. Land became like a private property which never was considered before as one. The farmers resorted to growing cash crops instead of food crops because of prevalent high taxes. This caused famines and food shortages. Also, since taxes were to be paid in cash, farmers became indebted to moneylenders and the latter became the land owners. This also led to farmers becoming bonded labourers. Eventually, when India achieved independence, seventy-five percent of the land was held by only seven percent of villagers who were zamindars only.
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