Begar

  • This system was also similar to the Bhagela. It was prevalent in villages, towns and cities in those days. Beggars were subjected to exploitation without any payment.
  • They were also not paid the sum fixed by the Government. A government officer named Nawab ntiyaz Jung described the conditions of the Beggar labor in his report and mentioned that they worked without a rest of even two seconds.
  • Mir Osman Ali Khan issued farmans in 1911 abolishing the system of Begar. They failed to bring change. So the Nizam again issued a firman in 1922 stating that,
  1. Beggars should be paid wages, women should not be forced to do vetti and the men should be paid.
  2. 12 seers of grain, women should be paid 8 seers of grain and children should be paid6 seers of grain for their services.
  3. And children less than 10 years of age should not be forced to Begar.
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