Modern Indian History

Ryotwari Settlement

  1. The Ryotwari settlement was introduced mainly in Madras, Berar, Bombay and Assam.
  2. Sir Thomas Munro introduced this system in the Madras Presidency
  3. Under this settlement, the peasant was recognised as the proprietor of land.
  4. There was no intermediary like a Zamindar between the peasant and the government
  5. So long as he paid the revenue in time, the peasant was not evicted from the land
  6. Besides, the land revenue was fixed for a period from 20 to 40 years at a time
  7. Every peasant was held personally responsible for direct payment of land revenue to the government.
  8. This system also failed.
  9. Under this settlement it was certainly not possible to collect revenue in a systematic manner.
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