Question

Discuss the consequences of colonial land settlement in India.

Answer 1

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✔The revenue was fixed at a very high rate.

✔In Permanent settlement, the Company fixed the revenue so high that it became difficult for zamindars to pay revenues to the Company.

✔ The settlement was oppressive for villagers as they had to pay high rent to the zamindars.

✔Their rights on the land were maintained till they paid the revenues.

✔Cultivators failed to pay the high rent and thus were evicted from their lands which they had been cultivating since generations.

✔In other land revenue systems too, most of the peasants were not able to pay teh revenues and hence lost their lands.