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Discuss the working of Zamindari System under the Mughal rulers. Also describe the role played by the Zamindars in the agrarian economy of Mughal India.

  • UPSC 2018
  • Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century

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The zamindar was arguably the single most ubiquitous intermediary figure in Mughal India's agrarian order, present in some form in virtually every part of the empire under regionally varying names — deshmukh, patil, nayak, and others.

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  • The Legal Nature of Zamindari Right
  • Fiscal Mechanics: Nankar, Malikana, and Regional Variants
  • Zamindari and Talluqa: Two Kinds of Villages
  • The Working Relationship with the Mughal State
  • The Role of Zamindars in the Agrarian Economy: A Constructive Dimension
  • The Role of Zamindars: An Extractive and Oppressive Dimension
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion
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