Land Revenue System!! #upsc #important #history #topic

TAGS: A MANUAL OF THE LAND REVENUE SYSTEMS, LAND REVENUE SYSTEMS, RYOTWARI AND MAHALWARI SYSTEMS, WHAT WAS ZAMINDARI SYSTEM AND WHEN IT WAS ABOLISHED?, WHO INTRODUCED ZAMINDARI SYSTEM IN INDIA?, ZAMINDARI SYSTEM The Indian economy was largely agrarian throughout the pre-colonial period, and agriculture was the principal activity of the population. To gain the greatest economic benefit, the British conquerors relied on land revenue as the primary source of income for the state. Following the Battle of Plassey, the British won the authority to collect income from the Bengal province. Warren Hastings proposed the first land income settlement, presuming that all land belonged to the king. He made the following changes: He auctioned off the land to the highest bidder. Old zamindars/families were discarded, and the annual settlement was modified to quinquennial (five-yearly) and then returned to normal. #upsc #ias