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Glossary Terms
| Term (EN) | Definition | Exam Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| Jagir | Land assigned by Rajput ruler to nobles (jagirdars) in exchange for military service; jagirdars collected revenue from peasants on the assigned territory | High |
| Khalisa | Crown land under direct state administration; revenue collected by state officers (not jagirdars); a financial reserve for the ruling chief | High |
| Bhom | Hereditary village land held by Bhomia Rajputs with customary occupancy rights; a third land category alongside Jagir and Khalisa | Medium |
| Jagirdar | Holder of a Jagir (land grant); collected revenue, maintained order, and provided troops to the ruler; intermediate feudal class between ruler and peasant | High |
| Rekh | Standard revenue assessment unit in Marwar; each village assigned a fixed Rekh value; Hasil (actual collection) measured against Rekh gauged administrative efficiency | High |
| Hasil | Actual revenue collected from a village; compared to the assessed Rekh to measure revenue performance and identify underperforming jagirdars | Medium |
| Begar | Unpaid forced labour extracted from lower-caste cultivators and tribals by jagirdars; legally abolished under Rajasthan Tenancy Act 1955 | High |
| Lags-Baags | Miscellaneous cesses levied by jagirdars on peasants for life events (births, marriages, deaths, festivals); 84 documented at Bijolia jagir by Vijay Singh Pathik | High |
| Nazrana | Lump-sum payment made by a new jagirdar to the ruling chief upon assuming the jagir; a para-fiscal feature distinguishing Rajput from Mughal revenue | Medium |
| Bhent | Obligatory ceremonial gifts presented to the ruling chief on festivals and special occasions by jagirdars and cultivators; a non-formal revenue extraction | Low |
| Diwan | Chief minister and revenue head of a Rajput state; equivalent of prime minister; presided over the revenue administration above faujdars and hakims | High |
| Faujdar | District-level military-administrative officer in Rajput states; responsible for revenue collection, law enforcement, and military mobilisation in a pargana or district | Medium |
| Patwari | Village revenue recorder; maintained Khasra (field-by-field crop records) and Khatauni (cultivator-wise land registers); base-level revenue functionary | High |
| Chaudhary | Village headman who coordinated between patwari/hakim and the village community; often a dominant caste leader with hereditary status in revenue administration | Medium |
| Ain-i-Dahsala | Todar Mal's ten-year revenue settlement (1580 CE); fixed assessment based on 10-year average yields to stabilise revenue and prevent arbitrary variation | High |
| Zabt | Mughal crop-measurement system for revenue assessment; required field-by-field measurement of standing crops; adopted in eastern Rajasthan under Mughal suzerainty | Medium |
| Polaj | Land category in Todar Mal's classification: annually cultivated land; highest revenue rate; contrast with Parauti (periodically fallow), Chachar, and Banjar | Medium |
| Settlement Operations | British systematic cadastral surveys of land in Rajputana from 1870s onward; first Marwar settlement by A.P. Nicholson (1891–95); replaced customary with documented assessment | High |
| Rajasthan Jagirdari Abolition Act (1952) | Post-independence legislation abolishing 16,000+ jagirs; conferred occupancy rights on cultivators; ended the feudal land system permanently | High |
| Rajasthan Tenancy Act (1955) | Legislation formalising cultivator rights after jagirdari abolition; regulated tenancy terms, rent fixation, and protection from arbitrary eviction | High |
| Subsidiary Alliance (1817–18) | Treaties between British India and Rajput states formalising paramountcy; rulers retained internal autonomy but ceded foreign policy and military actions | High |
| Colonel James Tod | British Political Agent (1818–1822) and author of Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (1829, 1832); first systematic documentation of Rajput revenue customs and history | High |
| Apna Khata | Rajasthan government's digital land records portal (2016); digitalised 2.3 crore land records (jamabandi) across 44,000+ villages; 95%+ coverage | High |
| Nainsi's Vigat (Munhata Nainsi) | 17th-century revenue-administrative record compiled by Marwar court minister Munhata Nainsi (c. 1664 CE); invaluable source on Rajput administrative geography and revenue practices | High |
| Paik System | Mewar variant of jagir principle: hereditary village guard/administrative duties assigned to lower-ranking community members in exchange for small land grants | Low |
Topic 3 of 138 | Paper I, Unit 1 — History | Generated: 2026-04-06