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CLASS AND CASTE
STRUCTURE IN
RURAL AREAS
In rural areas, there is a
complex relationship
between caste and class.
ZAMINDARI SYSTEM RYATWARI SYSTEM
➢ A system of tax collection in colonial India ➢ A system of tax collection in colonial India in
in which the zamindar would collect all which the government settled the revenue
taxes on his lands and hand the revenue directly with the cultivators
over to the British authorities (keeping a ➢ In this system, the actual cultivators who
portion fro himself) were themselves landlords, were
responsible for paying taxes rather than the
zamindars.
