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प्रश्न
Why did the Nawabs of Awadh and Bengal try to do away with the jagirdari system?
उत्तर
Nawabs of Awadh and Bengal tried to do away with the jagirdari system because:
- They were suspicious of this system that they inherited.
- Their methods of tax collection were different, they hired “revenue farmers to collect the taxes”.
- They used practice of Ijaradari rather than jagirdari.
- They wanted to expand and receive land as security against loans.
- They knew the loopholes of the system and that how jagirdars become powerful if not checked in time.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank:
The founder of the Awadh state was _____________.
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Nadir Shah invaded Bengal.
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Sawai Raja Jai Singh was the ruler of Indore.
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Poona became the capital of the Marathas in the eighteenth century.
Did any of the kingdoms mentioned in this chapter develop in your state? If so, in what ways do you think life in the state would have been different in the eighteenth century from what it is in the twenty-first century?
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