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  2. Permanent Settlement - Wikipedia

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    The Permanent Settlement, also known as the Permanent Settlement of Bengal, was an agreement between the East India Company and landlords of Bengal to fix revenues to be raised from land that had far-reaching consequences for both agricultural methods and productivity in the entire British Empire and the political realities of the Indian ...

  3. Cornwallis Code - Wikipedia

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    Its best known provision was the Permanent Settlement [1] (or the zamindari system), which established a revenue collection scheme that lasted until the 20th century. Beginning with Bengal, the system spread over all of northern India by means of the issue of a series of regulations dated 1 May 1793.

  4. Permanent Settlement - en.wikipedia.org

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    The Permanent Settlement, also known as the Permanent Settlement of Bengal, was an agreement between the East India Company and landlords of Bengal to fix revenues to be raised from land that had far-reaching consequences for both agricultural methods and productivity in the entire British Empire and the political realities of the Indian countryside.

  5. Revenue Sale Law, 1793 - Wikipedia

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    In 1793, the Revenue Sale Law was passed which altered the Permanent Settlement. The change made it impossible for Zamindar to claim relief from taxes due to natural disasters such as flooding or drought. It also created a provision that allowed the colonial administration to sell of the property of Zamindars who defaulted on the payment of taxes.

  6. Cornwallis in India - Wikipedia

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    General Lord Cornwallis receiving Tipu Sultan's sons as hostages, by Robert Home, c. 1793. British General Charles Cornwallis, the Earl Cornwallis, was appointed in February 1786 to serve as both Commander-in-Chief of British India and Governor of the Presidency of Fort William, also known as the Bengal Presidency.

  7. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis - Wikipedia

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    Cornwallis, a landed gentleman himself, especially believed that a class of landed gentry would naturally concern themselves with the improvement of the lands, thus also improving the condition of its tenants. [81] Nevertheless, the Permanent Settlement effectively left the peasants at the mercy of the landowners.

  8. John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth - Wikipedia

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    John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (5 October 1751 – 14 February 1834) was a British official of the East India Company who served as Governor-General of Bengal from 1793 to 1798. In 1798 he was created Baron Teignmouth in the Peerage of Ireland. Shore was the first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society. [1]

  9. Bengal Presidency - Wikipedia

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    However, Bengal received little attention for industrialization due to the entrenched peasant-zamindar relationship under the Permanent Settlement. [66] The zamindars of Bengal built mansions, lodges, modern bungalows, townhouses, and palaces on their estates.