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Choose the given statement is true/false:


Todar Mal was Akbar's revenue minister.


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Detailed Solution

The given statement is True.
During the reign of Akbar, the tax and administration became effective. His most efficient revenue minister was Todar Mal. The main source of income available to Mughal rulers was a tax on the produce of the peasantry. He surveyed crop yield, prices, and areas cultivated for 10 years. Based on this data, the tax to be paid was fixed. Through the rural elites, the peasants paid their taxes. Rural elites mean the headman or the local chieftain. These intermediaries are known as zamindars in the Mughal empire. They are either local headmen of the villages.
 
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