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Zamindars who could not pay the fixed revenue lost their zamindari, which was then:

AGiven to ryots
BKept by Company
CLeft fallow
DSold at auction
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Sold at auction
1. The demand was fixed very high. 2. Estates were sold off at auctions. 3. Zamindars did not invest in land. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 3, Ruling the Countryside._
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