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Critically examine:”The passing of the land from the hands of the peasant proprietors into the hands of non-cultivating landlords brought about increasing polarization of classes in agrarian areas.”

  • UPSC 2018
  • Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule

Colonial land-revenue policy did not merely transfer titles on paper — it restructured the social relations of the Indian countryside into sharply opposed classes.

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  • From Revenue Collector to Landlord: The Making of Non-Cultivating Ownership
  • The Two-Pole Polarization
  • The Shift to Cash-Cropping and Market Control
  • Complicating the Thesis: Regional and Analytical Qualifications

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