Examine the reasons of failure of ijaradari system

The Ijaradari system was a land revenue system introduced by Warren Hastings in Bengal. Under this system, the right to collect revenue was auctioned to the person who promised to collect the maximum amount of revenue. That person was called the Ijaredar. The system failed because the Ijaredar would then force peasants to pay high amount of revenue. The peasants suffered a lot. From the East India Company's point of view, the system failed because there was no certainty of how much revenue would be forthcoming. 

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