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1 Abolition of zamindary system
v.s.kiranmayi

2 What is the meaning of abolition of zamindary system
Abolition means :official cancellation Zamindary system means :tax collection system . So official cancellation of tax collection system. Zamindar : the owner of an agricultural estate. 1. (in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government. 2. (in Mogul India) a collector of farm revenue, who paid a fixed sum on the district assigned to him.

3 what are the main reasons to cancellation in this system
First we are understanding the history of zamindary system . First raising Q.is who started zamindary system? When started ? Moghals started in this system .1793A.D Who is the father of zamindary system ? Charles corn walls. Which whom an agreement would make ?how many years it would be ?what is the share of british company ? Agreement would be made with landlords ,agreement would be permanent, share british company-89% remaining- 11% landlords.

4 zamindary system moghals period
The king collect the tax from zamindars zamindars Collect the tax from people and gives to king Zamindars owns all the lands ,has laborers peasant Who owns land and pay tax

5 British period zamindary system
British government British period zamindary system Company collect the tax from zamindars Zamindars Zamindars gets more power, can collect more money zamindar decides what he peasant cultivates and the tax to be paid Peasant Peasant pay more tax land is not cared for, if I don’t produce as much as the zamindar demands I have to vacate the land Over the years zamindar occupies all the lands The ryotwari system begins . ryotwari system Under raithwary system peasant I produced more crop. Company collect the fixed tax from formers Zamindar rented land to the tenants Tax collecting purpose two persons system implemented 1.Revenue collector 2. record keeper

6 Zamindary system Merits Demerits It squared british dominion in India
Collection of revenue regularly &certainly Fixed revenue payments Different intermediate usage Agriculture improvement Over looked intent of peasant . It placed the cultivation mercy on the zamindar .

7 Whycancilating zamindary system
Rural poverty at the time: The major problem India faced after independence was acute poverty .55% people were poor. Agriculture sector labour opportunities were limited . At the time of independence the idea to remove rural poverty by giving the lands to poor the land cultivation was widely agreed . The zamindary system was come to end .

8 The poor had specific demands
To reduce tax To free from the zamindar To free from the money lenders Access to land Right to cultivate . Land for the tillers that is the slogan . Then all states were passed the law to end zamindary system in 1950’s. forced labour like begar and vetti were also ended .

9 Three types of land lords controls were identified
Collection of land revenue Control over cultivated land Control over forest and waste lands .The land reform rules were implemented to address these problems . the system of revenue collection by zamindars was banned by law . The lands cultivated by recognized tenants were handed over to them . Still those who could not recognize themselves as tenants remained land less. The zamindar would ownkhudhaksha land cultivate directly either through share cropper . The government took control of the forest and waste lands.

10 Situation of in this period Andhra and Telangana
The madras estate bill came into force in 1950. By this time zamindars and imandars were paid a compensation and the land was taken by the government . These lands were later distributed to tenants who was cultivating is it . The law did not affect ryotwari holders. Through the vetti system was legally banned in 1927in telangana region ,it put to end in 1948.after the telangana movement started in 1945. After merging of Hyderabad with Indian union sarf-e-khas the personal freedom of nizam was abolished The zagirdari abolition act jagirdary system to be end . The famous Hyderabad tenancy act passed into 1950 was protected right to tenants. The Hyderabad inam land abolition act was passed in 1955.

11 Bhoodan Movement Who started Bhoodan movement? Acharya vinoba Bhave
What the reason of startsbhoodan movement ? A non –violent and peace full way of solving the problem of land concentration . It means he wanted to take voluntary gift of land from land lords and donate it to the landless. When stated bhoodan movement? April 18th (44acres of land collected in this movement) Who the first person to donated land how many acres he donated ? Vedire ramachandra reddy donated 250acres of land in the memory of his father Who is the first land receiver? Maisaiah is first receiver of the land .

12 Land ceiling act Land selling act was passed 1972 and came into implementation in 1975. As per the family of five members can have a maximum of acres of irrigatated land acres of dry land . Andhrapredesh about 8,00,000were declared surplus West Bengal state was effectively run this act .

13 Conclusion


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