Continue reading from Part III Sarsubha: Sarsubha is formed by the combination of many subhas. The officer of Sarsubha is called ‘Sarsubhedar’. Sarsubedar was also referred to as the Chief Land Adhikari. There were total five Sarsubhedars during Shiva period. Subha, Province : Subha is formed by joining many parganas. The officers of the Subha…
Continue reading from Part II Shivaji Raje abolished the collection of revenue directly and ordered Patil/Kulkarni to collect the revenue from farmers and pay revenue share of Deshpande/Deshmukh to them and remaining revenue to the state treasury. In this way he destroyed the power of the Vatandars. Although the responsibility for the administration of the…
Continue reading from Part I The tax system during Maharaj’s time was a convenient and straightforward tax system. Jagir system was very popular at that time and a lot of money was obtained due to Jagir system. But because of the exploitation of the public, the Maharaj completely stopped the jagir system and left the…
Undoubtedly, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s business practices and administration were many times better than other rulers. Shivaji Maharaj had the diplomacy to make some improvements in the revenue system of Kalikamber and adopt that system in his Swarajya. It does not impose excessive and unnecessary taxes on its people. The Maharaj used to extract maximum wealth…
Continue reading from Part IV After the coronation, the British made a trade agreement with the Maharaj. The last clause was that British coins should be used in the Marathi state. Chhatrapati opposed this clause with following statement – ‘इंग्रज आमच्या राज्यात त्यांच्या नाण्याचा वापर चलनासाठी/देवघेवीसाठी करू इच्छितात. कोणतेच सार्वभौम राज्य हे मान्य करणार नाही.…
Continue reading from Part III Some other coins of Swarajya and their price relation with Hon coin price: 2 Pratap = 1 Hon4 Dharan = 1 Hon8 Chawal = 1 hon16 Duval = 1 Hon32 Byal = 1 Hon64 Vis = 1 hon Maharaj introduced these and many other types of coins on the day…
Continue reading from Part II Rupaya: At that time, gold hons and silver rupaye were prevalent in the southern provinces. So hon was the main coin and silver rupaye were considered as supplementary coins. On the contrary, in the Northern Provinces, silver rupaye were considered as the main coins, while gold mohars were considered as…
Continue reading from Part I Following are some of Maharaja’s currencies Hon: Hon were made of gold. Hon is a Kannada word meaning gold. At that time, there were 26 types of hons, including those of Swarajya and foreign ones. Their types were determined by their size and weight. The list of 25 types of…
During the Shiva period, the practice of giving goods or services in exchange for goods or services was more prevalent. This practice is called ‘Balutedar method’. The use of currency was very less during Shiva period. But Shivaji Maharaj gave more priority to the use of currency. For that he introduced gold coins, silver coins…
Continue reading from Part I Women had no share in their ancestral property. A woman was supposed to practice submissive wifehood and modesty. Women have to face many family and social problems such as marriage at an early age, limited education, no personal freedom, no security, family harassment. Sati was the worst condition for women…
