WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Fifth Report was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813. It was called the Fifth Report as it was the fifth in a series of reports about the working of East India Company. The core issue of the Fifth Report was the administration and activities of the East India Company. This report had 1002 pages.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Fifth Report has over-exaggerated the collapse of traditional zamindari power and authority. It has also overestimated the number of zamindaris that were auctioned. But the important fact that even though the zamindars lost their estates, still they were not completely displaced is not mentioned in the report.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Fifth Report was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813. It was about the administration and activities of the East India Company in India and proved helpful in regulating and controlling their rule.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Fifth Report was a significant report, it continued shaping our conception for over a century and a half about the nature and consequences of East India Company’s Rule in Bengal in the late 18th century. It served as basis for intense parliamentary debates on the nature of company’s rule in India.