Question

9. What do you understand by revenue collection? Name three revenue collection systems
introduced by the British.
(1 mark)
(1 mark)​

Answer 1

Answer:

In 1793, Lord Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Land Revenue settlement of Bengal. The zamindars were required to pay a fixed amount of cash on a fixed date as land revenue to the treasury irrespective of what they could collect from the peasants.  Many zamindars benefitted more than the peasants or the company