Raja Todar Mal

Raja Todar Mal, a Khatri Rajput had served his youth under the administration of Sher Shah SuriSher Shah Suri 1540-1545 (Early Life) The real name of Sher Shah was Farid. He was almost of same age of Humayun's father -Babur. (Babur ..... and had gained priceless experience in management of Land and revenues. He assisted AkbarAkbar, the Great 1556-1605 The reign of Akbar for almost half a century is known as the Golden Period of the Mughal Empire. Akbar was the .....'s chancellor of exchequer Muzafar Khan first and then took part in suppression of Ali Kuli in 1566.

• Raja Todar Mal was the First Hindu which was sent to lead the Mughal Army. This was particularly because of Akbar's suspicion that a Muslim may act in collusion with the rebel enemy.
  
• After that Raja Todar Mal was employed settling the revenue system of Gujarat and then again given the military command to win Bengal.
  

He became the finance officer (Mushrif-i-Diwan) of Akbar in 1575 and Diwan-i-kul (Chief Finance Minister) in 1582 and introduced the reforms also known as Todar Mal's rentroll, the book of land records in Mughal Empire. He died in 1587.

Raja Todar Mal is best known for introduction of the following reforms:

1. Land measurements
2. Dahasala SystemTodar Mal introduced the Dahasala or Zabati system. In this system, probably the land cultivation and price of the produce was calculated for 10 years .....
3. Karori / Crori SystemKarori / Crori System was introduced by Raja Todar Mal under Mughal Emperor Akbar. All the Parganas and fiscal unions of the nation were to .....