Question

2. In the Permanent Settlement of Bengal, what were the problems faced by the Company, the zamindars and
the cultivators? Explain any four.
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Answer 1

Answer:

The Permanent Settlement, also known as the Permanent Settlement of Bengal, was an agreement between the East India Company and Bengali landlords 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. It was concluded in 1793 by the Company administration headed by Charles, Earl Cornwallis.[1] It formed one part of a larger body of legislation, known as the Cornwallis Code. The Cornwallis Code of 1793 divided the East India Company's service personnel into three branches: revenue, judicial, and commercial. Revenues were collected by zamindars, native Indians who were treated as landowners. This division created an Indian landed class that supported British authority

Answer 2

Prior to the arrival of Lord Cornwallis in India, no permanent settlement was made in Bengal in the sphere of revenue administration.

Cornwallis was the first Governor General who paid his attention to the revenue reforms and attained a great success and tremendous fame.

It was the permanent reform of Cornwallis in India. At the time of appointment of Cornwallis as governor General. The condition of the farmers of India was very deplorable and the land revenue system of the East India Company was ridden with defects.