Mahalwari system

Target entity: Mahalwari system
Context triple: [Company rule in India, economicPolicy, Mahalwari system]

• A. Ryotwari system
  The Ryotwari system was a land revenue arrangement in British India under which taxes were collected directly from individual peasant cultivators rather than through intermediaries.
• B. Permanent Settlement of Bengal
  The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was a late 18th-century land revenue system introduced by the British that fixed land taxes permanently and created a class of hereditary zamindar landlords, profoundly shaping Bengal’s agrarian and social structure.
• C. mansabdari system
  The mansabdari system was a hierarchical military-bureaucratic framework in the Mughal Empire that ranked officials and determined their salaries and obligations based on the number of troops they were required to maintain.
• D. Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
  The Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was the Mughal imperial grant of revenue-collecting rights over these provinces, which effectively gave the British East India Company control of their civil administration and finances in the 18th century.
• E. Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act
  The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act was a 1946 South African law that restricted land ownership and political representation for Indians, entrenching racial segregation and provoking widespread resistance.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Mahalwari system
Target entity description: The Mahalwari system was a colonial-era land revenue arrangement in northern and central India under British rule, in which tax was assessed on entire villages or estates (mahals) collectively rather than on individual cultivators.

• A. Ryotwari system
  The Ryotwari system was a land revenue arrangement in British India under which taxes were collected directly from individual peasant cultivators rather than through intermediaries.
• B. Permanent Settlement of Bengal
  The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was a late 18th-century land revenue system introduced by the British that fixed land taxes permanently and created a class of hereditary zamindar landlords, profoundly shaping Bengal’s agrarian and social structure.
• C. mansabdari system
  The mansabdari system was a hierarchical military-bureaucratic framework in the Mughal Empire that ranked officials and determined their salaries and obligations based on the number of troops they were required to maintain.
• D. Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
  The Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was the Mughal imperial grant of revenue-collecting rights over these provinces, which effectively gave the British East India Company control of their civil administration and finances in the 18th century.
• E. Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act
  The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act was a 1946 South African law that restricted land ownership and political representation for Indians, entrenching racial segregation and provoking widespread resistance.
• F. None of above. chosen