History & Civics
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In 1852, an Inam Commission was appointed to inquire into the title deeds of the owners of large estates. Some 20,000 estates were confiscated when the landlords failed to produce evidence like title-deeds by which they held the land. This drove the landed aristocracy to poverty.
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