Ruling the Country Side - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
Points To Remember:
The East India Company received the rights of the Diwani for three provinces of Assam, Bengal and Bihar from the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, after the battle of Buxar in 1765
The Rebellion that broke out in March 1859, when thousands of ryots refused to grow indigo is called the Blue rebellion. Those who worked for the planters were socially boycotted and planters were attacked by the cultivators
Increase in market prices resulted in the extension of cultivation. This led to an increase in the income of zamindars because in permanent settlement, the land revenue demand of the company was fixed permanently. Thus, the company was not able to claim its share in the increased revenue
In 1793, the rajas and Taluqdars were recognised as zamindars. They were asked to collect rent from the peasants and pay revenue to the Company
The Mahalwari System introduced by Holt Mackenzie was the settlement of revenue with a village or group of villages
The Ryotwari system was introduced to collect revenues from the cultivators of agricultural land the ryots
Champaran Movement took place because farmers were forced by the British agents to grow indigo instead of food grains. The British enforced the teen-kathia system for this purpose
The Company after getting the Diwani Rights started the economic exploitation of Bengal known as ‘the drain of wealth’.
