Which of the following methods did Holt Mackenzie develop for collecting revenue in India?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Mahalwari system.

Key Points

In India, the Mahalwari system is utilised to safeguard local autonomy.
Holt Mackenzie was the first to introduce it in 1822. Mahal, which means house, district, neighbourhood, or sector in Hindi, is the source of the name "Mahalwari."
Landlords or Nambardars were designated to represent villages or groups of villages in Mahalwari.
The landlords were jointly responsible for the payment of taxes to the village communities. In sections of Uttar Pradesh, the North-Western province, Central India, and Punjab, this system was dominant.
Holt Mackenzie was a British colonial administrator in India.
In July 1807, he was hired as an East India Company writer and advanced quickly through the ranks until he retired to England in 1831.
He was influential in the establishment of the Mahalwari system of land revenue in India.

Important Points

The Ryotwari system, instituted by Thomas Munro in British India, allowed the government to deal directly with the cultivator ('ryot') for revenue collection and granted peasants the freedom to relinquish or purchase more land for cultivation.
Under his Permanent Settlement Act, Lord Cornwallis, who was governor-general of India from 1786 to 1793, instituted the Zamindari System.
The East India Company, led by Governor-General Lord Cornwallis, implemented the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in 1793.