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Permanent Revenue Settlement of Bengal was introduced by - |
A. | Clive |
B. | Hastings |
C. | Wellesley |
D. | Cornwallis |
Answer» D. Cornwallis | |
Explanation: Cornwallis's greatest achievement in India was the reorganization of the land taxation, known as the Permanent Settlement of 1793. Agricultural land in Bengal was cultivated by a large number of small farmers, who paid rent to a group of Zamindars (landowners). Under the Mughals, the government had collected taxes from the Zamindars. |
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