What was the ijardari system all about - Social Science - Eighteenth-Century Political Formations

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What was the ijardari system all about???

Sushrita Das · Accepted Answer

The right to collect taxes was auctioned by the British to the
highest bidders These bidders were usually the highly influential
mahajans of the eighteenth century Once they got the right to
collect the taxes, the bankers had to promise to pay a fixed some
of amount to the state This system of collection of taxes was known
as the ijaradari system