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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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संबंधित प्रश्न
______ was the main source of revenue for the British.
______ were money lenders in the Tamil speaking areas.
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.
Write short notes on:
- Colonel Pennycuick
- Famine in British India
Under the permanent settlement the cultivators more at the mercy of ______.
How did the permanent settlement (1793) affect the cultivators?
Explain the Ryotwari System.
Explain the term commercialisation of crops.
Explain the term ‘Indentured Labour’.
