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How was the Mahalwari System different from the Permanent Settlement?

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S.No.	Mahalwari system	Permanent Settlement
1.	Mahalwari system, devised by Holt Mackenzie came into effect in 1822, in the North Western Provinces of the Bengal Presidency.	Lord Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Settlement in 1793.
2.	The amount to be paid was to be revised periodically, not permanently fixed.	The amount to be paid was fixed permanently, that is, it was not to be increased ever in future.
3.	The charge of collecting the revenue and paying it to the Company was given to the village headman.	The charge of collecting the revenue and paying it to the Company was given to the zamindar.

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