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प्रश्न
Colonel Pennycuick.
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उत्तर
Colonel Pennycuick was an army engineer and civil servant who diverted the Periyar River eastward to irrigate dry lands. Despite challenges like wild animals, rain, and lack of funds, he completed the Mullai Periyar Dam in 1895 by selling his family property. The dam benefits districts like Theni, Dindigul, Madurai, Sivaganga, and Ramanathapuram.
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______ was the main source of revenue for the British.
______ were money lenders in the Tamil speaking areas.
Assertion (A): In the Madras Presidency, the famine of 1876-78 was preceded by droughts.
Reason (R): Because of the colonial government’s policy of Laissez Faire in the trade of food- grains.
Discuss the economic impact of British Rule in India.
Assertion (A): Money lending had been practised since time immemorial. Earlier the lenders lent at their own risk.
Reason (R): But the British enacted a law allowing them to attach land or property in default of repayment.
Under the permanent settlement the cultivators more at the mercy of ______.
Mahajans, Sahukars and bohras were ______.
Assertion (A): Even in times of famines no remission was given to the peasants.
Reason (R): The land tax was the main source of revenue to the British.
Explain the Ryotwari System.
Explain the term commercialisation of crops.
