write a short note on bengal revolution 1793
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1. Preamble.
2. Decennial settlement declared conditionally permanent by original Regulations.
3. Power to declare jama assessed upon lands under those Regulations, fixed for ever.
4. Jama assessed upon lands of proprietors with whom settlement concluded, fixed for ever.
5. Jama hereafter agreed to by proprietors whose lands are held khas, or let in farm, fixed for ever.
6. Jama of lands belonging to Government, but transferred to individuals, fixed for ever.
7. Assessment in former times liable to variation at discretion of Government.
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9. Proprietors may transfer lands without sanction of Government.
10. Rules for apportioning fixed jama on portions of estates in event of sale or transfer, and on shares of estates.
11. Adjusting jama of lands held khas or let in farm.
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The Act established that “acquisition of sovereignty by the subjects of the Crown is on behalf of the Crown and not in its own right,” which clearly stated that the company's political functions were on behalf of the British government