A History of Agriculture in India v2.c56.s2.t1.7

v2.c56.s2.t1.7

Muhammed Habib gives the title of rural revolution to the revenue administrative measures of Ala-ud-din. He further equates Ala-ud-din with Mao Tse-Tung. To give such proceedings the name of rural revolution is inappropriate and misleading. The beneficiaries of these measures were the Sultan, his Turkish officials and army, not the cultivators of land. They had to give half the gross produce to the government instead of one-sixth provided by immemorial rule. Thus their standard of living which was already wretched, was further lowered.