Question

‘‘In the early decades after the Permanent Settlement, the zamindars regularly failed to pay the revenue demand.’’ In the light of this statement, examine its causes in detail.

Answer 1

After the permanent settlement, the Zamindars failed to pay the revenue demand in the early decades.

Explanation:

• The demands were high initially. It all happened because it seemed as the company would never be able to claim a share of increased income from the land if the demand was fixed for all time to come to the company when prices went up and cultivation expanded.
• To reduce this expected loss the company fixed the revenue excessive demand arguing that the burden on Zamindars would slowly reduce as agricultural production enlarged and prices went up.