Q. In which of the following area/s, the “permanent settlement system” was implemented by East India Company in 1793?
1.Sind
2.Gujarat
3.Punjab
Select the correct answer from the given codes:
Quarterly-SFG-Jan-to-March
Red Book

[A] Only one

[B] Only two

[C] Only three

[D] None

Answer: D
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: Tamil Nadu NCERT

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