Question

what is the zamindaari and ryotwari system?

Answer 1

Zamindari System. Zamindari Systemwas introduced by Cornwallis in 1793 through Permanent Settlement Act. It was introduced in provinces of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Varanasi. ...Zamindars were given the rights to collect the rent from the peasants. These taxes included undifferentiated land revenue and rents, collected simultaneously. Where the land revenue was imposed directly on the ryots (the individual cultivators who actually worked the land) the systemof assessment was known asRyotwari.