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Revenue and Administrative Systems, Changing Patterns

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Item Detail Year/Reference
Jagir Revenue assignment for military service to nobles Rajput era (medieval)
Khalisa Crown land under direct state management Rajput era (medieval)
Bhom Hereditary land of Bhomia Rajputs Rajput era (medieval)
Rekh Village revenue assessment unit (Marwar) Nainsi ki Vigat, c. 1664–65
Hasil Actual revenue collected (vs. assessed rekh) Marwar revenue records
Begar Forced unpaid labour extracted by jagirdars Medieval–colonial era
Dahsala Akbar's 10-year average revenue system 1580 CE
Zabt Mughal field-measurement revenue system Todar Mal, 1580 CE
Todar Mal's land classes Polaj, Parauti, Chachar, Banjar Ain-i-Akbari, c. 1590
Nainsi ki Vigat Most important medieval Marwar revenue document Munhata Nainsi, c. 1664–65
Nainsi ki Khyat Political-genealogical chronicle of Marwar Munhata Nainsi, c. 1660s
Tod's Annals Vol. I First systematic English account of Rajput revenue Col. James Tod, 1829
Tod's Annals Vol. II Continued documentation, administrative customs Col. James Tod, 1832
Dyodhidar Palace gate-keeper and court protocol officer Jodhpur, Jaipur courts
Faujdar Pargana-level military-revenue officer Rajput administrative hierarchy
Kotwal Urban law-enforcement and market-tax officer Town/capital administration
Patwari Village revenue record-keeper (Khasra, Khatauni) Village-level administration
Nicholson Settlement First regular Marwar revenue settlement A.P. Nicholson, 1891–95
Subsidiary Alliance Treaties bringing Rajputana under British paramountcy 1817–18
Rajasthan Land Reforms Act Jagirdari Abolition Act 1952 (effect from 1 Jan 1954)
Jagirs abolished ~16,000 jagirs Rajasthan Land Reforms Act, 1952
Rajasthan Tenancy Act Uniform cultivator-rights framework post-jagirdari 1955
Ceiling Act Rajasthan Agricultural land ceiling legislation 1973
Irrigated ceiling (double crop) 7.28 hectares Ceiling Act, 1973
Apna Khata Digital land records portal, Rajasthan 2016
Bijolia Movement Peasant agitation against 84 cesses in Mewar 1897–1941
Paik system Village guard/administrative service for small land grants (Mewar) Medieval Mewar
Lagh-bhag Produce-share cesses on artisans and traders Medieval Rajasthan
Nazrana Succession gift payment by incoming jagirdar Medieval Rajasthan
Rajasthan Land Revenue Act Statutory framework for post-independence land administration 1956