जार को बिचार कहा गनिका को लाज कहा ,
गदहा को पान कहा आँधरे को आरसी ।
निगुनी को गुन कहा दान कहा दारिदी को ,
सेवा कहा सूम को अरँडन की डार सी ।
मदपी की सुचि कहा साँच कहा लम्पट को,
नीच को बचन कहा स्यार की पुकार सी ।
टोडर सुकवि ऎसे हठी ते न टारे टरे ,
भावै कहो सूधी बात भावै कहो फारसी ।
-टोडर
टोडर का यह दुर्लभ छन्द श्री राजुल मेहरोत्रा के संग्रह से उपलब्ध हुआ है।
Raja Todar Mal was born in Laharpur, Uttar Pradesh[1][2] in a Kayastha family,[3] and rose to become the Finance Minister in Akbar's Darbar of the Mughal empire. He was made in charge of Agra and settled in Gujarat. Later, he was made in charge of Gujarat as well. He also managed Akbar's Mint at Bengal as well as served in Punjab. Raja Todamal built a fortress-palace at Laharpur, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.
जवाब देंहटाएंBeveridge records that Raja Todar Mal had got leave from Akbar and was on his way to Haridwar, but he received a letter from Akbar in which the latter is said to have said that "it was better to go on working and doing good to the world than to go on a piligrimage." When Todar Mal died on 8 November, 1589 in Lahore. His body was burnt and Raja Bhagwan Das, his colleague in the charge of Lahore, was present at the ceremony. Of his two sons, Dhari was killed in a battle in Sindh. Another Kalyan Das was sent by Todar Mal to bring in the Kumaon Raja. He rose to become the Finance Minister in Akbar's Darbar. Todar Mal overhauled the revenue system of Akbar's Mughal empire.
Todar Mal succeeded Khwaja Malik I'timad Khan in 1560. Raja Todar Mal introduced standard weights and measures, a land survey and settlement system, revenue districts and officers. He can be thought of as one of first statisticians in India, and perhaps in the world. Many of the fundamental data collection schemes as practiced over the centuries in the Indian subcontinent and neighboring countries can be attributed to him.
जवाब देंहटाएंRaja Todar Mal finance minister of Akbar introduced a new system of revenue known as zabt. He took a careful survey of crop yields and prices cultivated for a 10 year period 1570-1580. On this basis tax was fixed on each crop in cash. Each province was divided into revenue circles with its own rates of revenue and schedule on individual crops. This system was prevalent where the Mughal administration could survey the land and keep careful accounts. This system was not applicable in the provinces like Gujarat and Bengal. Todar Mal died in Lahore on 8 November 1589.[4]
The Kashi Vishwanath Temple was rebuilt in 1585 by Todar Mal.[