Land revenue system Flashcards
What was the name of the land revenue system introduced by Warren Hastings? In which year was it introduced?
Farming System or Panchshala Bandobast
Year: 1772
Who introduced the permanent settlement of land revenue? When?
Lord Cornwallis
Year: 1793
What were the main provisions of permanent settlement?
- The zamindar was recognised as the ruler of the land and was given the right to collect the land revenue.
- The land revenue walls paid annually.
- At 10 years settlement was made with the zamindars
- Zamindars had to pay 10/11 to the company and keep 1/11 to themselves.
What was the amount of annual revenue set for permanent settlement?
Rs. 2 Crore and 68 lakh
In which area was the permanent settlement introduced in?
Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Varanasi, Ghazipur and North Karnataka
Who introduced the ryotwari system of land revenue? When?
Sir Thomas Munro and Captain Alexander Read
Year: 1820
Ryotwari System was first implemented in ___________ in the year _______ by _________
Baramahal District in Madhya Pradesh in the year 1792 by Captain Read
When was the Ryotwari system introduced in Bombay and Deccan?
Bombay: 1825
Deccan: 1858
Ryotwari system was introduced in
- Madras
- Bombay
- East Bengal
- Assam
- Coorg
Mahalwari system was introduced by
Holt Mackenzie
Who is known as the ‘father of land settlement in North India’?
Robert Martin Bird
Mahalwari system was legally sanctioned by which act?
Regulation of 1822
All India spinner association was formed by
Mahatma Gandhi
All India village industry association was formed by
Mahatma Gandhi
The first railway engine was designed by
George Stephenson
The first railway line in India was laid in between _________ and __________ by __________ in the year _______
Bombay and Thane by Great Indian Peninsula Railway in the year 1853
In 1854, 120 mile railway line was laid between __________ and _______ by _________
Calcutta and Raniganj by East India Railway
The first telegragh line was opened from _____________ to _____________ in the year ______
Calcutta to Agra in the year 1853
The first newspaper was published by _________ titled ______ in the year _____
James Augustus Hickey titled The Bengal Gazette in the year 1780
When was the first cotton factory setup in Bombay? By whom? What was it named?
1853
Parsi Kavsaji Nanabhai Davar
Bombay spinning and weaving company
Jamshedji Tata sit up a cloth manufacturing company in the year______ and named it ______
1874
The Central India Spinning, Weaving and Manufacturing Company in Victoria Mills, later renamed Empress Mill when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India on 1 January 1877
The first jute factory was set up at _______ by _______ in the year ______ financed by _______
Risra near Serampore, Bengal by Acland Mill in the year 1855 financed by Babu Bysumbur Sen
When was the Birla jute company established?
1919
Who established TISCO? When? Where?
Jamshedji Tata
Year: 1907
@ Jamshedpur, Bihar
Who wrote ‘The poverty and un British rule in India’? When?
Dadabhai Naoroji
1901
Who wrote ‘The Economic History of India’? When?
RC Dutt
1902
Dadabhai Naoroji first explained drain of wealth from India in
His article “England’s debt to India”
Dadabhai naoroji’s drain of wealth theory was accepted in which session of the Congress?
1896 Calcutta Session
Wrote open letters to Curzon on famines and land assessment in India?
RC Dutt
