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Colonialism And The Countryside
Why was British introduce new systems of revenue?
When the British Government expanded its rule outside Bengal, it introduced new systems of revenue. It discarded the system of Permanent Settlement and did not introduce it in any area. It was because of the following reasons:
(i) There was an increase in agricultural prices after 1810. It increased the income of the zamindars in Bengal. But the revenue was already fixed under the Permanent Settlement. So the colonial state was unable to claim any share from the enhanced income of the farmers.
(ii) As the government wanted to expand its final resources, it introduced temporary revenue settlement in the newly annexed territories in the 19th century.
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