Q. In which of the following area/s, the “permanent settlement system” was implemented by East India Company?
1.Bengal
2.Bihar
3.Orissa
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Explanation: Governor-General Cornwallis, himself a big landlord, wanted to create landlords after the British model in India. Cornwallis came to a settlement with the revenue farmers.
- This resulted in the creation of a new type of middlemen, called zamindars, reducing the cultivators to the position of mere tenants.
- This settlement that Cornwallis made with the zamindars of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in 1793, in pursuance of the instruction from the Directors, is called the Permanent Settlement.
Source: NCERT
