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Zamindars

Zamindars were landowners in India during the Mughal era. They collected taxes from peasants. This system was formalised under British rule. Zamindars played a role in agriculture. They often exploited farmers for profit. The abolition of zamindari occurred post-independence. This aimed to promote land reforms. The legacy of zamindars still influences rural India today. Their impact on society and economy remains significant.

UPSC Civil Services (Mains) Examination History Syllabus

Paper-I Archaeological sources: Exploration, excavation, epigraphy, numismatics, monuments Literary sources: Indigenous: Primary and secondary;'poetry, scientific literature, literature, literature in regional languages, religious literature. Foreign accounts: Greek, Chinese and...

 December 27, 2022

Company’s Regime

The impoverishment of agriculture and the destruction a supplier of raw-materials of self-sufficing rural economy constituted- The drain of wealth from India to Britain, either through impact of...

 November 16, 2022

Reforms and Revolts

The'19th'century in India witnessed both the reforms as well as'the revolts. The reforms in the'19th'century were initiated by'both the Britishers (the East India Company and the British'Government) as...

 October 20, 2022

Company’s Regime: Impact on India 2.0

(iv) Following the grant of Diwani and Nizamat, there came'a qualitative change in the commercial relations with'India. The Company could now, and really did use its'political influence to...

 October 19, 2022

Growth of Legislature In India

Background The Act of 1858 made changes in the Home government in'particular. The administration of India was left untouched. The'revolt of 1857-1858 had established the fact that significant'changes...

 October 19, 2022

Peasant and Tribal Resistance’In British India

Apart from the general adverse impact on the country of'British rule like the drain of wealth and the promotion of'British manufactures in Indian markets causing the destruction'of Indian...

 October 18, 2022

Commercialisation of Agriculture

The new land settlements introduced by the British brought'about a revolution in the property relations. Along with this,'a commercial revolution, known as the commercialisation of'agriculture, began to take...

 October 18, 2022

The First Century of British Influence

The onset of British influence in India differed both in manner'and in kind from that of other historical invasions. The British'did not come either as a migrating group...

 October 17, 2022

The Permanent Settlement of Land

Cornwallis's permanent settlement of land revenue, in the year'1793 , was the most far reaching measure since three-quarters'of the revenue came from the land. The permanent zamindari'settlements were...

 October 14, 2022

Organisation and Policy in British India

The organisational measures adopted by the administrators of'the first three decades of the 19th century established British'India in essentially the form that continued till 1947. The major'role was...

 October 14, 2022

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