Question

what was the importance of the code of laws introduced by Lord Cornwallis

Answer 1

The Cornwallis Code is a body of legislation enacted in 1793 by the East India Company to improve the governance of its territories in India. The Code was developed under the guidance of Charles, Earl (Lord) Cornwallis, who served as Governor-General of Bengalfrom 1786 to 1793

The code contained significant provisions - governing, policing and judicial and civil administration and Its best known provision was the Permanent Settlement[1] (or the zamindari system enacted in 1793), which established a revenue collection scheme which lasted until the 20th century. Beginning with Bengal, the system spread over all of northern India by means of the issue of a series of regulations dated 1 May 1793. On these the government of British India virtually rested until the Charter Act of 1833.