Eighteenth-Century Political Formations — Social Studies STD 7 — Question

• He reduced the number of office holders (Jagirdars) appointed by the mughals.
• He also reduced the size of jagirs.
• He appointed his own loyal servants to vacant positions.
• The accounts of jagirdars were checked to prevent cheating.

The revenues of all districts were reassessed by officials appointed by the Nawab's court. He seized a number of Rajput zamindaris and the agriculturally fertile lands of the Afghans of Rohilkhand.