Bandobast (Settlement)
बंदोबस्तUttarakhand land records glossary · Calendar & History
What is Bandobast (Settlement)?
The periodic grand survey that created/revised all village records.
A settlement (bandobast) was the operation of surveying every village, fixing boundaries, classifying soils and writing the records - in the hills, famous settlements are attached to officers' names (Traill, Beckett). Today's khasra numbers descend from the last settlement's maps, which is why old settlement records still matter in court.
Related terms
More in Calendar & History
- Fasli Year - The revenue calendar year, tied to harvests - runs 1 July to 30 June.
- Kharif & Rabi - The two crop seasons the khasra records each year.
- Zamindari - The pre-1950s landlord system, whose abolition created today's records.
- Malguzari / Lagaan - Land revenue - the old land tax; tiny amounts still appear in records.
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