Madhya Pradesh Village/ Town Name Question

[Justin Meyers]

In the census data for Madhya Pradesh, there are numerous locations with Mal. or Ryt. in their name.  Does anyone know what this means?

Rail Yard Town maybe?  I have no idea about Mal.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Justin

[Sharad Lele]

My understanding is that "Mal" means "Malguzari" and "Ryt" means "Ryotwari". Different land revenue systems were in vogue during the British period, and these are two of them.

Sharad

[Emkay]

Ryotwari is right, Sharadjee, to my knowledge. In some places Mal could mean Mahalwari too. Don't know if Malgujari means the same as Mahalwari

--Milind Khadilkar

["Sharad Lele [शरच्चंद्र लेले]"]

I have not quite figured out what Mahalwari means, but wikipedia says Mahalwari was in Uttar Pradesh, and it sounds more like zamindari.

I am very sure that the system in Madhya Pradesh was Malguzari, see this Supreme Court Case:

http://indiankanoon.org/doc/217259/

Sharad

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["Sharad Lele [शरच्चंद्र लेले]"]

Milind:

Correction: i did some more reading, and it seems that Mahalwari was in UP what Malguzari was in MP.

See below.

Sharad

On 19-Sep-14 10:39 AM, Emkay wrote:

[Justin Meyers]

Thanks for your help!  I spent a little time looking for resources and came up with nothing; I saw a bunch of pictures or articles about trains, so I thought it had something to do with that (Wow I was way off!!).

Cheers,

Justin

[Emkay]

Thanks.
My interpretation too was of the mark. I have come across people from Vidarbha (formerly in Madhya Bharat), who were called malgujaars, in the same vein as a zamindaar would be referred to. But I have never come across someone referred to as a mahalwar.
So my interpretation was that maalgujaari is a traditional zamindari (in some form) and mahalwari was the system the East India Company employed in the provinces it won over, including areas of Madhya Bharat. Any idea what system was in use under the Kolhapur state and under the Nizam?
Thanks for sharing the findings of your studies, Sharadjee.
Regards
Milind Khadilkar