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Who introduced the Mahalwari system?

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Thomas Munro
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Holt Mackenzie
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Lord Cornwallis
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Robert Clive
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The correct option is B Holt Mackenzie
Holt Mackenzie devised the new Mahalwari system which came into effect in 1822. Under the mahalwari system, the estimated revenue of each plot within a village was added up to calculate the revenue that each village (mahal) had to pay.

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