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\n‘Motorana’ and ‘hathiana’ were terms used in some regions, particularly in Eastern India, to refer to illegal cesses or taxes levied by zamindars on their tenants. These were types of *abwabs*, which were miscellaneous imposts collected by landlords in addition to the basic rent. ‘Hathiana’ literally relates to elephants and might have been a tax for processions or ceremonies involving elephants, while ‘motorana’ would be a later tax related to motor vehicles owned by tenants or entering the village. These were examples of the arbitrary burdens placed upon peasants by zamindars.
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\n– Zamindars in colonial India often extracted various cesses (abwabs) from their tenants beyond the legally stipulated rent.
\n– These cesses could be arbitrary and were a source of peasant exploitation.
\n– ‘Motorana’ and ‘hathiana’ are examples of such illegal or customary taxes levied by zamindars.
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\nThe collection of abwabs was a persistent grievance of peasants against zamindars and contributed to agrarian unrest in different parts of India. These cesses varied widely in name and nature across regions and time periods.
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