Question

Non- resident cultivators who belong to some other village but cultivated land elsewhere on contractual basis, during Mughal period were known as
1. Khud- Kashta
2. Pahi- kashta
3. Majur
4. Ryots

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Pahi- kashta

The correct answer is Pahi- Kashta.

• Non- resident cultivators who belong to some other village but cultivated land elsewhere on a contractual basis, during the Mughal period were known as Pahi- Kashta.
  • People became pahi-kashta either out of choice or out of compulsion. 
• Khud- Kashta were residents of the village in which they held their lands. 
• Majur were the agricultural labourers during mughal period.
• Ryots a peasant or tenant farmer.