Question

Answer the following questions in six sentence each:
Explain how the land revenue system of the British affected the Indian farmers .

Answer 1

— British introduced Zamindari system, Ryotwari system and

Mahalwari system

— In Zamindari system the right to the land ownership was taken

away from the farmers

— Land tax was fixed based on the area of land

— Zamindars collected more tax and exploited farmers

— In Ryotwari system farmers lost the rights to the land, when they

failed to pay the tax

— Government had the authority to dispose of the land

— All land disputes were to be settled in courts

— In Mahalwari system Mahaldars collected more tax and exploited

farmers

— The objective of all these systems was exploitation of farmers and

amassing wealth.