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Question
Answer the following question briefly:
In the context of Permanent Settlement of Bengal answer the following:
What are its advantages?
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Solution
Advantages
- The Company was assured of a fixed revenue at a fixed time even during natural calamities.
- The collection of revenue was simpler and cheaper. The zamindars replaced hundreds of paid tax officials.
- The British won the support and loyalty of the powerful and privileged class of zamindars that they had created.
- As permanent owners of the lands, the zamindars took several steps to increase agricultural production whose benefits they would enjoy.
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