Mahalwari System


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Mahalwari System

MAHALWARI SYSTEM: It was introduced in 1822 in Gangetic Valley, North-West provinces, Central India and Punjab. In this system, a settlement was made collectively, with a group of villages called mahal. Since the land, the forests and the pastures belonged to the village community, the villages were jointly responsible for the payment of land revenue. It was levied on the produce of a mahal.

The Mahalwari System proved to be a curse for the peasants in the form of impoverishment, eviction from land and exploitation at the hands of the moneylenders.

 
 


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