The term ryots refer to........
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Explanation:
Ryot (alternatives: raiyat, rait or rava) was a general economic term used throughout India for peasant cultivators but with variations in different provinces. While zamindars were landlords, raiyats were tenants and cultivators, and served as hired labour.
A raiyat was defined as someone who has acquired a right to hold land for the purpose of cultivating it, whether alone or by members of his family, hired servants, or partners. It also referred to succession rights.
Answer:
a peasant, tenant farmer, or cultivator of the soil in India.
Explanation:
The ryotwari system was a land revenue system in British India which was introduced by Sir Thomas Munro in 1820 based on system administered by Captain Alexander Read in the Baramahal District. It allowed the government to deal directly with the cultivator ('ryots') for revenue collection and gave the peasant freedom to cede or acquire new land for cultivation. The peasant was assessed for only the lands that they cultivated. Shivaji abolished the Jagirdari System and replaced with Ryotwari System somewhere in mid 1600s, and changes in the position of hereditary revenue officials which was popularly known as Deshmukh's, Deshpande, Patils and Kulkarnis.