Chapter: Ruling the Countryside
🔶 1. The Company Becomes the Diwan
1. What were the changes in Bengal after the Company became the Diwan in 1765?
2. How did the East India Company use the Diwani rights to strengthen its power?
🔶 2. Revenue for the Company
3. Why was the revenue collection so important for the Company’s administration?
4. What challenges did the Company face while collecting land revenue from peasants?
🔶 3. The Permanent Settlement (1793)
5. Explain the main features of the Permanent Settlement system.
6. Why did the Permanent Settlement fail to improve the condition of farmers?
7. How did this system affect the zamindars and the peasants?
🔶 4. The Ryotwari System (Munro System)
8. Describe the Ryotwari system introduced by Thomas Munro.
9. Compare the Ryotwari and Permanent Settlement systems. How were they different?
🔶 5. The Mahalwari System
10.Explain the working of the Mahalwari system. What was the role of the village headman?
11.What were the drawbacks of the Mahalwari system for farmers?
🔶 6. Indigo Cultivation in India
12.What were the nij and ryoti systems of indigo cultivation?
13.Why did Indian peasants resist indigo cultivation under British pressure?
🔶 7. The Blue Rebellion (1859)
14.What were the causes of the Blue Rebellion?
15.How did the British government respond to the Blue Rebellion?
🔶 8. Impact of British Land Revenue Policies
16.How did British land revenue systems impact Indian agriculture and rural life?
17.Why did the British promote the cultivation of cash crops like indigo over food crops?
18.Discuss the long-term consequences of colonial land policies on Indian society.
