Ruling the countryside

Village headman was responsible for revenue collection

• Mahalwari system

• Permanent settlement

• Ryoti cultivation

Question 1: Match the following

: Describe the main features of the Permanent Settlement.

Ryotwari system was developed by ________________.

• Thomas Munro

• Lord Corwallis

• Halt Mackenizie

Mahalwari system was devised by Halt Mackenizie

• True

• False

What was the Ryotwari system?

Name two commercial crops grown by the planters during the British period.