Which of the following is correct about women and zamindaris in Mugha…

The correct answer is Option (4) → Hindu and Muslim women inherited zamindaris and were free to sell or mortgage them

Option (1) Women inherited zamindaris but held them in a male heir's name, with no right to mortgage — Incorrect. Women held zamindaris in their own right, could mortgage them, and some ran big estates like Rajshahi.

Option (2) Hindu women inherited zamindaris, but Muslim women could not inherit them — Incorrect. Muslim women too inherited zamindaris, so the line between the two groups is wrong.

Option (3) Women inherited zamindaris but needed the panchayat's consent to sell them — Incorrect. The panchayat heard petitions about family neglect; women were free to sell inherited zamindaris without its consent.

Option (4) Hindu and Muslim women inherited zamindaris and were free to sell or mortgage them — Correct. Women of the landed gentry had the right to inherit. Both Hindu and Muslim women held zamindaris and were free to sell or mortgage them.