Nagpur District, 1908 - Revision history

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 season, and partly with the financial necessities of the central Govern-
 ment, was fixed as the revenue demand. Increases of revenue were,
-however, expressed usually as fractions on the ain jamahandi. The
+however, expressed usually as fractions on the ain jamahandi.
 local officers or kaniaishddrs, on receiving the announcement of the
 revenue assessed on their charge, called the pdiels or headmen of
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 Deogaon the District was severely rack-rented, and villages were let
 indiscriminately to the highest bidder, while no portion of the rental
-was left to the  patels. At the commencement of the protectorate after
+was left to the  patels.
 the deposition of Appa Sahib, there were more than 400 villages for
 which no headman could be found to accept a lease on the revenue
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 cultivating headmen were also superseded by court favourites, who were
 usually Maratha Brahmans. The demand existing immediately prior
-to the first long-term settlement was 8-77 lakhs. The District was
+to the first long-term settlement was 8-77 lakhs.
 surveyed and settled in 1862-4 for a period of thirty years, the demand
 being fixed at 8>78 lakhs. On this occasion proprietary rights were con-
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 and 1895. The revenue demand was raised to 10-57 lakhs, or by
 per cent, on that existing before revision, Rs. 75,000 of the revenue
-being ' assigned.' The experience of a number of bad seasons follow-
+being ' assigned.'
 ing on the introduction of the new assessment, during which the
 revenue was collected without difficulty, has sufficiently demonstrated
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 [R. H. Craddock, Setikmetit Report (1899). A District Gazetteer is
 being compiled.]

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 =Nagpur District, 1908=
 ==Physical aspects==
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 in 1903-4 was 33 per 1,000 of the District population,
 [R. H. Craddock, Setikmetit Report (1899). A District Gazetteer is
 being compiled.]
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-This article has been extracted from <br/>
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-THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>
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-OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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-''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''