Land Revenue System in British India
Zamindari System
Characteristics
- Lord Cornwallis established the zamindari system in 1793 through the Permanent Settlement, which guaranteed the members' land rights in perpetuity without making any provisions for fixed rent or an occupancy right for genuine cultivators.
- The intermediaries known as Zamindars were responsible for collecting the land revenue from the farmers under the Zamindari system.
- The government retained a 10–11% part of the overall land revenue collected by the zamindars, with the remaining amount going to the zamindars.
- West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, UP, Andhra Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh have the highest concentrations of the system.
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