list four commercial reforms of lord cornwallis
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on 1793 under governal general lord cornwallis the company introduce the permanent settlement
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Lord Cornwallis did many reforms during his period as a Governor-general and his commercial reforms are listed below.
Who is Lord Cornwallis?
- Lord Cornwallis was a British army officer and took charge as Governor-general of Bengal in 1786.
- He introduced several reforms in areas such as civil, military, and corporate administration.
Commercial reforms of Lord Cornwallis:
- He was the first person to codify laws in 1793, which separated the revenue administration from the administration of justice.
- He introduced Permanent settlement in Bengal in 1793. By this system, the Zamindars were made the landowners, whereas the farmers were tenants.
- He also abolished the East India company's private trade.
- He launched thanas for law and order maintenance.
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