Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by
(A) Clive
(B) Hastings
(C) Wellesley
(D) Cornwallis
Correct Answer : Cornwallis
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam 1999, SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam 2003 SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam 2005, SSC CPO Sub-Inspector Exam 2007, SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam 2013
Explanation : The Permanent Settlement - also known as the Permanent Settlement of Bengal- was an agreement between the East India Company and Bengali land-lords to fix revenues to be raised from land, with far-reaching consequences for both agricultural methods and productivity in the entire Empire and the political realities of the Indian countryside. It was concluded in 1793, by the Company administration headed by Charles, Earl Cornwallis. It formed one part of a larger body of legislation enacted known as the Cornwallis Code.
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