HIS282H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Zamindar, Ryotwari, Public Law
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I(cid:373)perialis(cid:373) a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)dia"s (cid:272)olo(cid:374)ial e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)y: drai(cid:374) of i(cid:374)dia"s resour(cid:272)es goi(cid:374)g to britai(cid:374) Jagirdars (nobles), zamindars; mughal elite with rights to extract surplus from peasants: these elites had their own armies/ militias, exercised judicial. British appropriated and introduced things that are still important part of that area (india, Imperatives: revenue, stability (more money = more problems) State seen as the ultimate owner of land: legitimacy of tribute (revenue/tax) British conducted settlements to calculate revenue precisely. 1793: allocate property rights to the zamindars (seen as landlords) to resemble british property relations. Strengthen stability (created an ally with zamindars) Stimulate agriculture (fix revenue demand and rest zamindar gets to keep which results in zamindar investing in the land) Ideology of individual ownership totally new (so a village does not belong to a community but an individual) Different kinds of property assignments in different parts of india. Zamindari landlordism: muslim landlords lost their land which would auction to hindus, this angered the.
