British mainly adopted three types of land tenure system Pernament Settlement/ Zamindari System: Roughly 19% of total area under British rule-Bengal,Orissa,Bihar,Banaras. Ryotwari System: Covered about 51% of the area under British Rule-Assam, Bombayand Madras presidencies. Mahalwari System: Covered 30% of area under British Rule-major parts of NWFP(North- west Frontier province), central provinces and Punjab. Zamindari …
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