Land Settlements

         
Zamindari System (19%) Bengal, Bihar, Banaras, division of NW provinces & northern Carinatic.
        90 % of the revenue went to government & 10 % to Zamindar (British)
Mahalwari System (30%) Major parts of NW provinces, Central provinces & Punjab. Responsibility
        of paying revenue was with the entire village or mahal. (Based on
        traditional Indian system of economic community)
Ryotwari system (51%)     Bombay & Madras presidencies, Assam, Berar & certain other parts. Land
        revenue was fixed for 20-40 years at a time (French in Origin)

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