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Show how British rule led to the spread of land-lordism in certain parts of India, and how the peasant was progressively impoverished under this rule.

  • UPSC 1985
  • Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule

British land-revenue engineering, driven by the fiscal needs of the colonial state rather than agrarian welfare, restructured land relations across India and set in motion a long process of peasant impoverishment.

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  • The Permanent Settlement and the Making of Zamindari Landlordism
  • Ryotwari and Mahalwari: Landlordism by Another Route
  • Mechanisms of Progressive Peasant Impoverishment
  • Regional and Comparative Nuance

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