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When was Akbar abolished pilgrimage tax?
When was Akbar abolished pilgrimage tax?
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The correct option is C 1563
In 1563 Akbar was hunting near Mathura. He noticed that a tax was being
realized from the people who had gathered there on pilgrimage. Akbar had
no idea of the tax that was realized from pilgrims from all places of
Hindu pilgrimage. On inquiry Akbar was told that it had been the custom
of every Muslims ruler to realize pilgrim tax from the Hindus at every
place of Hindu pilgrimage. The tax was not a fixed one. It was
determined arbitrarily according to rank and wealth of the pilgrim.
Akbar found that the pilgrim tax was morally wrong both because it was
imposed on people who came “in search of the light of God” and because
it was not uniform but arbitrary, variable according to the whim of the
collector of the tax. He abolished the pilgrim tax all throughout his
empire.
In 1563 Akbar was hunting near Mathura. He noticed that a tax was being realized from the people who had gathered there on pilgrimage. Akbar had no idea of the tax that was realized from pilgrims from all places of Hindu pilgrimage. On inquiry Akbar was told that it had been the custom of every Muslims ruler to realize pilgrim tax from the Hindus at every place of Hindu pilgrimage. The tax was not a fixed one. It was determined arbitrarily according to rank and wealth of the pilgrim. Akbar found that the pilgrim tax was morally wrong both because it was imposed on people who came “in search of the light of God” and because it was not uniform but arbitrary, variable according to the whim of the collector of the tax. He abolished the pilgrim tax all throughout his empire.
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