D. Answer in a paragraph.
1. What was the Permanent Settlement introduced
by the British? Mention two of its demerits.
2. What do you understand by the
commercialisation of agriculture? What were its
consequences in India?
3. Why did the Indigo Rebellion take place?
4. How did Punjab benefit from British rule?
Answers
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
Commercialisation of agriculture is a phenomenon where agriculture is governed by commercial consideration i.e. certain specialised crops began to be grown not for consumption in village but for sale in national and even in international market. Commercialization of agriculture in India began during the British rule.
Introduction: The Indigo Rebellion (Neel Bidroho) took place in Bengal in 1859-60 and was a revolt by the farmers against British planters who had forced them to grow indigo under terms that were greatly unfavorable to the farmers.
Punjab was one province that benefited from the policies of the British. Several thousand kilometres of canals were built by the British, crisscrossing the land. These canals transformed previously uncultivated land into prime agricultural land.
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