The jotedars were known by several names. Which among the following is not one of them? |
Haoladars Mandals Gantidars Bargadars |
Bargadars |
The correct answer is Option (4) → Bargadars NCERT: "The jotedars were most powerful in North Bengal, although rich peasants and village headmen were emerging as commanding figures in the countryside in other parts of Bengal as well. In some places they were called haoladars, elsewhere they were known as gantidars or mandals. Their rise inevitably weakened zamindari authority." Bargadars (or adhiyars), on the other hand, were sharecroppers or tenant cultivators, not landowners, so they were a completely different class and not associated with jotedars. |