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The innovator of the revenue settlement during the rule of Akbar was

  1. Raja Mansingh

  2. Raja Bhagwan Das

  3. Raja Todarmal

  4. Raja Birbal
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Explanation

Raja Todarmal was Akbar's Finance Minister and the chief architect of the zabt system, a revolutionary revenue settlement based on systematic land measurement and classification. His system calculated land revenue as a percentage of the average produce for different crop types, ensuring more consistent and fair taxation across the empire. This sophisticated administrative innovation became a model for later revenue systems in India.

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