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Assess the impact of the utilitarian ideas in moulding the British attitude towards India. How did the utilitarian try to solve the problem of land revenue?

  • UPSC 1992
  • Early Structure of the British Raj

Utilitarianism, transplanted from British reformist debates into Indian administration through James Mill and his successors, replaced the earlier Orientalist respect for Indian institutions with a confident, authoritarian faith in legislation as the instrument of Indian "improvement."

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  • Intellectual Foundations: Bentham, Mill, and the "Militant Faith"
  • Moulding the British Attitude Toward India
  • The Utilitarian Solution to Land Revenue
  • Broader Social and Administrative Impact

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