Question

Under the Mahalwari system, the estimated revenue of each plot within a village was added up to calculate the revenue that each mahal had to pay. From the given list of options, which one is closest in meaning to the word Mahal? A.Village(s)B.Tenant(s)C.Landlord(s)D.Zamindar(s)

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

A. Village(s) is closest meaning to the word 'Mahal'.

• "Mahal means living quarters set aside for a particular set of people."
• Mahal actually means the village or the estate.  Land tax used to be fixed for entire Mahal.
• During that time,  local Zamindar was responsible for  tax collection of all the farmers in  Mahal.
• This system was mostly implemented in Uttar Pradesh & parts of Madhya Pradesh & Punjab.
• Under  Mahalwari system,  land was divided in-to different Mahals. Each Mahal generally comprised one or the more villages which was collectively responsible for payment of revenues.
• This system was introduced in the year of 1833 by William Bentinck. The village committees were held responsible for the collection of  taxes.
• This system was then the introduced in Central Province, North-West Frontier, Agra, Punjab, Gangetic Valley of the British India.

Thus the answer is option  A.

Village(s) is closest meaning to the word 'Mahal'.

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