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This document discusses the impact of British rule on agrarian relations in India, with a focus on regional variations. In Eastern India under the Permanent Settlement of 1793, zamindars were made proprietors but failed to become agricultural capitalists, instead remaining feudal landlords. A long chain of intermediaries developed between cultivators and the state. Indebtedness and land transfers increased due to high land revenue demands. The land revenue system had differing impacts across Northern/Centra

Author

Arshita Pattanaik

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EN