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INDIAN HISTORY

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The land revenue demand under the Ryotwari in Madras was finally fixed to fifty percent of the rental and the settlement was made for thirty years in the year
A
1820
B
1855
C
1864
D
1878
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The ryotwari system was a land revenue system in British India introduced by Thomas Munro, which allowed the government to deal directly with the cultivator (’ryot’) for revenue collection and gave the peasant freedom to cede or acquire new land for cultivation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: The Ryotwari System was introduced in 1820 by Sir Thomas Munro, the then governor of Madras the system was practised in the Madras and Bombay region of the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -The system was devised by Capt. Alexander Read and Thomas (later Sir Thomas) Munro at the end of the 18th century and introduced by the latter when he was governor (1820–27) of Madras (now Chennai). The principle was the direct collection of the land revenue from each individual cultivator by government agents.

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