Tinkathia term meaning in Medieval Indian history context
Tinkathia A system in which European indigo planters holding thikadar leases from the big local zamindars in eastern
India made it mandatory for the peasants to cultivate indigo on part of their
land at unremunerative prices, and
if they
wanted exemption from indigo cultivation they had to pay sharahbeshi (enhanced rent) or tawan (lump sum compensation) or sometimes both.
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