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Question
Peasants were vital for the economy of the Mughal Empire. Do you think that they are as important today? Has the gap in the income between the rich and the poor in India changed a great deal from the period of the Mughals?
Solution
Peasants are still very important as they are the producers of food and the agrarian industrial raw material:
- Peasants pay the land revenue increasing the government revenue.
- There is a change in the gap between the rich and the poor today as compared to the Mughal period mainly because of change in the social, economic situation of the country.
- Now the country is one political entity with rights and duties for all the citizens and the government working for the welfare of the citizens.
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