Permanent Settlement of 1793

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf land revenue system
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Bengal
gptkb:Bihar
gptkb:Orissa
gptkbp:effect decline in agricultural productivity
peasant exploitation
created hereditary zamindars
gptkbp:feature fixed land revenue
zamindari system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Permanent Settlement of 1793
gptkbp:implementedIn gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Lord_Cornwallis
gptkbp:introducedIn gptkb:Bengal_Presidency
gptkbp:purpose increase revenue collection
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:British_colonial_administration
Indian land tenure
gptkbp:replacedBy Ryotwari system (in some regions)
gptkbp:revenueFixedAt 89% to Company, 11% to zamindars
gptkbp:year 1793
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Burdwan_Raj
gptkb:Zamindari_System
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7