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Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in West, Central, South Asia and North Africa. Taluqdars or Talukdar ( Bengali: তালুকদার, Hindustani: तालुक़दार / تعلقدارtāluqdār; taluq Arabic: تعلق "estate" + dar Persian: دار "owner"), were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the ...
Learn about the Taluqdars, wealthy landowners who collected taxes and ruled over villages in Mughal and British India. Find out the features, types, and difference between Taluqdars and Zamindars, and see FAQs and MCQs on this topic.
- Answer: Lord Dalhousie wanted to implement Mahalwari in Awadh/Oudh, but the mutiny broke out in 1857. Later, Lord Canning introduced the Taluqdari...
- Answer: The Taluqdars are higher in rank as they belong to the aristocratic class. The Taluqdar collected taxes from peasants and gave them to the...
- Saranjami System was a maratha land revenue system introduced by Balaji Vishwanath, the first Peshwa. Under this system the land was given for main...
- At the end of the eighteenth century, while many zamindars were facing a crisis, a group of wealthy peasants was consolidating their position in th...
Mar 20, 2006 · Over 300 talukdars were brought under its banner by the British to materially and militarily help the East India Company re-establish its authority. Even today, talukdars often meet here to talk about the past and lament the perceived disrespect for history and lack of aesthetic sense of present day bureaucrats.
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As a result of Britain’s new revenue system, people from all social classes across the Lucknow district were left dissatisfied and joined the Indian Revolt of 1857. This included the taluqdars of Oudh, whose position as landowners was disinherited under the new policy.
The movement forced the landlords and talukdars to reduce the rents and taxes, and to improve the working conditions of the peasants. The movement also paved the way for the larger peasant movements in India, which played a crucial role in the struggle for independence.
The peasant revolt in Awadh was led by the baba Ramchandra. This movement was against talukdars and landlords who demanded from peasants exorbitantly high rents and a variety of other cesses.
Oude is the anglicisation of Awadh—itself a derivation of Ayodhya, capital of the ancient kingdom of Kosala. Awadh was one of the 12 original provinces or subahs defined by Mughal emperor Akbar.
