INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Raja Todar Mal introduced standard weights and measures, a land survey and settlement system, revenue districts and officers during Akbar’s reign. In whose reign as a finance minister Raja Todarmal developed his expertise?
A
Humayun
B
Akbar
C
Shershah Suri
D
Babur
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Raja Todar Mal was the Finance Minister of the Mughal empire during Akbar’s reign. Raja Todar Mall introduced standard weights and measures, a land survey and settlement system, revenue districts and officers. He introduced a new system of revenue known as zabt and a system of taxation called dahshala.

Detailed explanation-2: -During Akbar’s reign, the revenue system was known as the Zabt System. This system was developed by Raja Todar Mal, who was Akbar’s financial minister. He meticulously recorded crop yields and prices throughout a ten-year period from 1570 to 1580. The taxation system was known as Dahshala.

Detailed explanation-3: -Raja Todarmal introduced the new system of revenue collection and agriculture tax in Haryana named as Dahshala System. The Dahsala system was introduced in A.D. 1580 under the reign of Akbar.

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