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Todar Mal
Todar Mal was the finance minister of the Mughal emperor Akbar and one of the leading nobles of his court. He reorganised land revenue through the zabt system, which assessed taxes in cash from measured land and average yields and prices, and his methods long shaped revenue administration in India. He also commanded armies in Gujarat and Bengal, and died in 1589.
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