With the Mughal conquest of Bengal zamindar became a generic title embracing people with different kinds of landholdings and rights. To achieve the goal of maximisation of public revenue and its punctual remittance, Murshid Quli divided the province into 13 chaklahs (administrative divisions) instead of the previous 34 sarkars and placed the smaller zamindars under […]
21st Mar 2022- The Bengal Story
