WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Under the Mahalwari system, the land was divided into Mahals. Each Mahal comprised one or more villages which was collectively responsible for the payment of revenues. It was introduced in 1833 by William Bentinck. The village committees was held responsible for collection of the taxes.

Detailed explanation-2: -mahalwari system, one of the three main revenue systems of land tenure in British India, the other two being the zamindar and ryotwari systems. The word mahalwari is derived from the Hindi mahal, meaning a house or, by extension, a district.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the Mahalwari system, the land revenue was collected from the farmers by the village headmen on behalf of the whole village. Under the Ryotwari system, the land revenue was paid by the farmers directly to the state. The Zamindari system was started by the Imperialist East India Company in 1793.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahal (/mɛˈɦɛl/), meaning “a mansion or a palace", though it may also refer to “living quarters for a set of people". It is an Indian word which derives from the Persian word mahal, deriving from the Arabic word mahall which in turn is derived from ḥall ‘stopping place, abode’.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mahalwari system was one of the main revenue systems of the British in India. Holt Mackenzie and Robert Merttins Bird started this system in 1822. In this system, the land revenue was collected by the village headmen, and it was not fixed.