Briefly describe Sher Shah’s revenue reforms.

Sher Shah introduced a novel land revenue system, which was adopted by Akbar as well as the British Government later on. He got the land measured and fixed the land-revenue at one-third of the produce as tax. The peasants were given the option to pay the land tax, either in cash or in kind. The areas sown, type of crops and amount of revenue payable was written down on a paper called patta. The peasants were required to deposit the revenue directly in the government treasury (in cash or kind) so that they could not be charged extra by collecting officers. Suitable relief measures were taken to help the farmers during drought or famine.