Question

discuss critically the revenue reforms of lord cornwallis.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Lord Cornwallis was one of the most powerful chief of the British. The Zamindars were the owner of the land and if they could not pay their tax, the land go to the company. these made the Zamindar very powerful. The farmers were in pressure.

Answer 2

Cornwallis along with various land reforms had introduces the permanent settlement of land revenue.

• Lord Cornwallis was a British soldier who In the year 1786, became the Bengal's governor general. He introduced the lasting agreement of land revenue in Bengal and other areas of India.
• Under this scheme, the owners of land were made Zamindars or landlords and the farmers were reduced to tenant status. The Zamindars had the right at any time to evict the farmers.
• The Zamindars had to pay around 88% of the land income and the rest was for him. Land revenue was set for a ten-year period, which intensified the drain from India to Britain of capital.