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‘Permanent Settlement disappointed many expectations and introduced the results that were not anticipated.’ Comment.

  • UPSC 2004
  • Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule

Every major justification Lord Cornwallis offered for fixing Bengal's land revenue forever in 1793 was, within a generation, contradicted by the settlement's actual working.

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  • Expectation: Administrative Simplicity and Reduced Corruption
  • Expectation: An Improving, Loyal Landed Gentry
  • Expectation: Reduced Political Power of the Zamindars, Yet a Stable Local Order
  • Expectation: Steady State Revenue and Financial Advantage
  • Expectation: A Simple, Two-Party Settlement

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