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Question
Answer the following question briefly:
Why is Sher Shah known as a-good administrator?
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Solution
Sher Shah known as a good administrator because of following reasons:
- Sher Shah divided his empire into provinces (sarkars).
- Each province had a governor with his team of officials to carry out the administrative duties.
- A province was divided into a number of districts called parganas. Each pargana was made up of a number of villages. The village was the lowest administrative unit.
- The two top officials in a pargana were shiqdar-i-shiqdaran and munsif-i-munsifan. The shiqdar handled law and order. The munsif took care of the revenue collection and other civil matters.
- The panchayat looked after village administration.
- The two main officials in a village were patwari (revenue collector) and muqaddam in charge of law and order.
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