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A Rule of Property for Bengal: An Essay on the Idea of Permanent Settlement

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Ranajit Guha

Major academic study of the intellectual, administrative, and property-rights logic behind the Permanent Settlement in Bengal.

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1793

Permanent Settlement in Bengal

In 1793, the East India Company introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal. Revenue demand was fixed permanently, and zamindars and talukdars were recognized as hereditary proprietors under colonial law. The measure aimed to stabilize revenue and bind local landed elites to Company rule, but it also deepened agrarian inequality and weakened the customary position of cultivators.