What was the purpose of The Bombay Taluqdari Tenure Abolition (Amendment) Act, 1954 and 1957?
The purpose of The Bombay Taluqdari Tenure Abolition (Amendment) Act, 1954 and 1957 was to abolish the taluqdari tenure system in the state of Bombay. This system involved intermediaries called "taluqdars" who collected revenue from peasants on behalf of the government and enjoyed various feudal rights over the land, including the power to evict them. The acts aimed at breaking this feudal structure and empowering the actual cultivators by vesting ownership of their lands in them and eliminating the taluqdar's role in revenue collection and administration.