Permanent Settlement of Bengal

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The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was a late 18th-century land revenue system introduced by the British that fixed land taxes permanently and created a class of hereditary zamindar landlords, profoundly shaping Bengal’s agrarian and social structure.

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Permanent Settlement land revenue system 1

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Company rule in India economicPolicy Permanent Settlement of Bengal
Bengal Presidency knownFor Permanent Settlement of Bengal
this entity surface form: Permanent Settlement land revenue system
1st Marquess Cornwallis reform Permanent Settlement of Bengal
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Bengal Presidency significantEvent Permanent Settlement of Bengal