Paper I · 6 Telangana Economy & Development · 6.2 Land, agriculture and allied sectors

6.2.1 Land tenures and land reforms: from Hyderabad State to today's land records

Under the Nizams most land sat with the state (Diwani), the Nizam (Sarf-e-Khas) or grantees (jagirs, inams, samsthanams) and was squeezed by intermediaries; after 1948 Telangana abolished jagirs (1949) and inams (1955), protected tenants (1950) and capped holdings (1961, 1973), and since 2017 it has rebuilt land records, from Dharani (2020) to Bhu Bharati (2025).

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Key terms

  • Diwani
  • Khalsa
  • Sarf-e-Khas
  • Jagir
  • Paigah
  • Samsthanam
  • Inam
  • Deshmukh
  • Patel
  • Patwari
  • Ijara
  • Banjar
  • Shikmidar
  • Asami-Shikmidar
  • protected tenant
  • Salar Jung
  • Jagirs Abolition Regulation 1949
  • Hyderabad Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act 1950
  • section 38-E
  • Inams Abolition Act 1955
  • Ceiling Act 1961
  • Land Reforms Ceiling Act 1973
  • Ninth Schedule
  • 34th Amendment
  • Bhoodan
  • Pochampally
  • Vedire Ramachandra Reddy
  • Vinoba Bhave
  • assigned lands
  • POT Act 1977
  • Regulation 1 of 1970
  • Koneru Ranga Rao Committee
  • ROR Act 1971
  • Land Records Updation Programme 2017
  • Dharani
  • Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act 2020
  • Bhu Bharati Act 2025
  • Forest Rights Act
  • RFCTLARR 2013

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