UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2018 · Q8(a) · 20 marks
Discuss the working of Zamindari System under the Mughal rulers. Also describe the role played by the Zamindars in the agrarian economy of Mughal India.
- Chapter
- Economy and society, in the 16th and 17th Centuries
- Topic
- Land Revenue and the Zamindars
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