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The Zamindari System: How the British Taxed India into Empire
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Zamindari system, the land revenue experiment that the British East India Company imposed on Bengal after 1765. We trace its origins from the Permanent Settlement of 1793, championed by Lord Cornwallis, through its devastating consequences for peasant cultivators and the rise of absentee landlords. We also examine the contrasting Ryotwari system in Madras and Bombay presidencies, developed by Thomas Munro and Mountstuart Elphinstone, and the Mahalwari system in the North-Western Provinces. The episode covers key figures like Warren Hastings, the…
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