Question

Short note on mahalwar system ​

Answer 1

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The Mahalwari System existed in parts of Uttar Pradesh, parts of Central India, the North-west Province and parts of the Punjab. In this system, the settlement was made between landlords, or heads of families, claiming to represent the entire village community of groups of villages (known as mahal), and the government. The landlords or heads of family were jointly responsible for the payment of the revenue to the Company. Here too the revenue was fixed for a period of 20-30 years, after which it was revised.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Mahalwari system, one of the three main revenue systems of land tenure in British India, the other two being the zamindar (landlord) and the ryotwari (individual cultivator). The word mahalwari is derived from the Hindi mahal, meaning a house or, by extension, a district.

For revenue purposes the name was applied to any compact area containing one or more villages, which were called “estates.” The revenue settlement was made with the estate—hence the term mahalwari—and there were distinct types of assessment. If a zamindar held the whole estate, the settlement was with him; otherwise, payment was exacted from individual cultivators