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You are a peasant living in the Indian subcontinent in the early 19th century. You have two acres of land to your name. The English East India Company has recently introduced the Inam Commission, and you are now mandated to provide title deeds for your land.

What is the purpose of providing these deeds?

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Tax Authorisation
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Proof of land-ownership
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Revenue Assessment
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Identity Proof
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Solution

The correct option is B Proof of land-ownership
The English East India Company formed the Inam Commission and mandated the owners of land holdings to produce title deeds. The owners had to prove their ownership. If they were unable to do so, they would lose inam land to the Company. Through this policy, the Company took over tens of thousands of landholdings from taluqdars, the hereditary landowners who held vast landholdings.

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