History CH-3 Ruling The Countryside

CH-3 Ruling The Countryside

Effort ByAbhimanyu Bhardwaj VIII-A

Index

Ruling The Countryside

The Company Become the Diwan

The Need to Improve Agriculture:

Revenue For The Company

Web Chart On Ryoti System

Indigo On The Land Of Ryots

The Problem

Letter To Queen Elizabeth

Storyboard

Questions

Answers For The Questions

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The Company Become the Diwan

The East India Company became the Diwan of Bengal, on 12 August 1765. As Diwan, the Company became the chief financial administrator of the territory under its control.

• The Company needed to administer the land and organize its revenue resources.
• It needed to be done in a way that could yield enough revenue to meet the growing expenses of the company.

Revenue for the company

The company got the Diwani rights and started extracting more and more revenue out of it and used various measures to get it but still saw itself primarily as a trader.

Before 1865, the company purchased goods in India by importing gold and silver from Britain. Now the revenue collected in Bengal could financial the purchase of goods for exports.

Bengal economy was facing a deep crisis. Peasants and craftsmen were not getting the proper amount of their sell.

The Need to Improve Agriculture:

The Company’s aim was to increase the revenue to buy fine cotton and silk cloth as cheaply as possible. Within a span of five years, the value of goods bought by the Company in Bengal doubled.

• The company introduced Permanent Settlement in 1793 under the reign of Lord Cornwallis.

• Zamindars were recognised as the collectors of revenue and it was assumed that they would invest money to improve the crop production and fertility of soil.

• Zamindars did not pay attention to the condition of land and tried to keep more and more money left after collection.

The Problem

The Permanent Settlement created problems. Soon, the company officials discovered that the zamindars were not investing in the improvement of land because the fixed revenue was very high. By the first decade of the nineteenth century, the situation changed.

• Numerous zamindaris were sold off at auctions organized by the company, as anyone who failed to pay the revenue lost his zamindari.

• The zamindars were not interested in the improvement of land which led to reduced production of crop.

Indigo On The Land Of Ryots

The planters, under the ryoti system, were forced to sign a contract, an agreement (satta). Those who signed the contract got cash advances from the planters at low rates of interest to produce indigo. When the harvested crop was delivered to the planter, a new loan was sanctioned, and the cycle starts all over again.

Web Chart On Ryoti System

StoryBOARD

Abhimanyu BhardwajFarmer Son Bengal India 29 August, 1765 Dear Queen Elizabeth, Subject: CONCERN ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE PEASANTS IN INDIA The conditions of peasants deteriorated under the British rule because the British were only concerned with the revenues of the state. They did nothing to improve the condition of agricultural land. The government levied high taxes on land. The revenues were generally not reduced even during droughts, floods etc. This made the condition of the Indian peasantry miserable and the condition is getting worse day by day. So, I request pls help us. Thank you fro your consideration. Waiting for your response. Abhimanyu Bhardwaj

Letter To Queen Elizabeth

Questions

1. THE COMPANY WAS APPOINTED AS THE DIWAN OF BENGAL IN WHICH YEAR??
2. Which year did the British introduce the permanent settlement of Bengal??
3. THE MUGHAL EMPEROR APPOINTED THE ………………… AS THE DIWAN OF BENGAL.
4. On which date did the Mughal emperor appoint the east India company as the diwan of Bengal??
5. Before 1865, the company purchased goods in India by importing ..............&............. from Britain.
6. The Company’s aim was to increase the revenue to buy fine ............ and .............. cloth as cheaply as possible.
7. The planters, under the ryoti system, were forced to sign a contract, an agreement called as....................

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Answers

Answer 1- IN YEAR 1765 Answer 2- in year 1793 answer 3- East india company answer 4- 12 august answer 5- gold and silver answer 6- cotton and silk answer 7- satta

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