The term `pahi-kashta` refers to which one of the following ?

[amp_mcq option1=”Resident cultivators” option2=”Landless cultivators” option3=”Non-resident cultivators” option4=”Peasants with more than 5 acres of land” correct=”option3″]

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UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2020

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The term `pahi-kashta` in the Mughal agrarian system referred to non-resident cultivators.

These peasants cultivated land in villages where they did not permanently reside, often moving from their home village (`khud-kashta`) to cultivate land elsewhere, sometimes on more favourable terms.

`Khuda-kashta` were resident cultivators who owned land in the village where they lived. The `pahi-kashta` were more mobile and could be invited by Zamindars or Jagirdars to cultivate land to increase revenue.

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