Mahalwari

It covered the states of Punjab, Awadh and Agra, parts of Orissa, and Madhya Pradesh.

Thus, they used land to control the entire Revenue system, strengthening their economic condition in India.

The North-Western Provinces and Oudh (Awadh) were two important territories acquired by the East India Company in modern Uttar Pradesh.

Governor-General of Bengal, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings conquered more territories of North India after the Third Anglo-Maratha War in 1820.

In cases where estates were not held by landlords, but by the cultivators in common tenancy, the state demand was fixed at 95% of the rental.

The Mahalwari system of land revenue under the scheme of 1833 was completed under the administration of James Thompson.

In the Saharanpur Rules of 1855, it was revised to 50% by Governor-General James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie.