Unlike traditional communal landholding structures, the Mahalwari system, while assessing revenue at the village level (mahal), also explicitly recognized and documented individual rights of peasants or proprietors within the village land, and revenue collection was often done individually or collectively but based on individual holdings. This shift from communal ownership/responsibility to state-backed individual property rights fundamentally altered the social and economic dynamics of the village, weakening its collective identity and functions.
What was the primary reason for the failure of Mahalwari Settlement in checking the process of destruction of the village communities?
Asked in WBCS Main Paper 3 2019 · Topic: Economic Impact of British Rule on India (Impact of Land Revenue Systems (Permanent Settlement, Ryotwari, Mahalwari))
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Answer: B. Individual rights in the land were recognized and guaranteed by the state.
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