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How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?



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Differences between Mahalwari System and Permanent Settlement are given below:

Mahalwari System

Permanent Settlement

Holt Mackenzie devised it, and it came into effect in 1822

Permanent Settlement was brought by Lord Cornwallis in 1793

The epicentre of the system was a village

There was no such epicentre

Villages were called ‘Mahal’

The estimated revenue of each plot within a village was added up to calculate the revenue that each village (mahal) had to pay

The revenue was fixed that each zamindar had to pay to the company

The revenue was to be revised periodically

Revenue was fixed

The charge to collect the revenue was on the village headman

The charge to collect the revenue was on the village zamindar (rajas/taluqdars)

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