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प्रश्न
Colonel Pennycuick.
उत्तर
Colonel Pennycuiek was an army Engineer and Civil Servant who also served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council. He decided to divert the west-flowing Periyar river draining into the Arabian Sea to the east so that it could irrigate lakhs of acres of dry land dependent on the Vaigai river.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Indentured labour system was a form of____________.
Discuss the economic impact of British Rule in India.
Answer all questions given under the heading.
Indentured Labour
- What was the Indentured labour system?
- How many Indians were transported under this system?
- In which year was it started?
- What was its result?
What do you mean by “The Indenture system”?
Write short notes on:
- Colonel Pennycuick
- Famine in British India
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.
How did the permanent settlement (1793) affect the cultivators?
Explain the term commercialisation of crops.
