Mains Paper I · 1 AP Social & Cultural History · 1.11 Asaf Jahis of Hyderabad

1.11.3 Nizam's Hyderabad: jagirs, sarf-e-khas, vetti and society

The Nizam's state rested on a feudal land system — government (diwani) land, the Nizam's own sarf-e-khas estate, and jagirs and samsthanams of nobles and chiefs — in which deshmukhs and doras extracted forced labour (vetti), until peasant revolt and the 1949 abolition of jagirs ended it.

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Key terms

  • diwani
  • khalsa
  • sarf-e-khas
  • jagir
  • paigah
  • samsthanam
  • peshkash
  • inam
  • deshmukh
  • deshpande
  • patel
  • patwari
  • dora
  • vetti
  • bhagela
  • Jagirdar Abolition 1949
  • Firman 15 August 1949
  • Urdu
  • mulki
  • Telangana armed struggle
  • Doddi Komaraiah
  • Chakali Ailamma
  • Sri Krishnadevaraya Andhra Bhasha Nilayam
  • Golconda Patrika

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