what are effects of British Land tax
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One of the elaborate essays that Amiya Kumar Bagchi includes in ‘Colonialism and Indian Economy’ (www.oup.com) is on ‘land tax, property rights, and peasant insecurity in colonial India.’ Analysing the case of the Bombay Deccan districts in the nineteenth century, the author rues that the problem of a vulnerable ecology and uncertain peasant production can be compounded by state policies regarding property rights and taxation.
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1 Money lenders became strong.
2)A new class of Zamindar who explored farmers came to existence
3 The farmers slowly became landless.
4 Zamindars had to mortgage their land to pay tax.
5) Agriculture became commercialized.
6) Land became a commodity
7 Raw materials needed in Britain were grown ( here)