Abstract
The present paper attempts to focus on the land revenue policy of the district Multan of the Punjab province. In spite
of lack of resources, the method of land revenue collection was very stringent and cumbrous and as vexatious and
extortionate as the assessment was so oppressive, which caused great hardships, debt and land alienation to the
peasantry in this tract. Therefore, all these measures struck a heavy blow on the people of this region and affected
the socio-economic life. What were the socio- cultural impacts of regional economic and judicial policies and how it
penetrates as processes of continuity and change? Addressing the issues, the research aims at to develop deductive
method for assessing its historic importance and analyze the region as case studies. This research derives its results
by mixing historical, qualitative and quantitative methods of research. This research is based on original
unpublished official reports from British Indian Library London, Punjab Civil Secretariat Lahore
Abida Kausar Chuadahry. (2021) Rates and Methods of Land Revenue Assessment in Tehsils of Colonial District Multan (1849-1901), Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume-58, issue 3.
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