RBSE Class 8 Social Science Notes History Chapter 3 Ruling the Countryside

These comprehensive RBSE Class 8 Social Science Notes History Chapter 3 Ruling the Countryside will give a brief overview of all the concepts.

RBSE Class 8 Social Science Notes History Chapter 3 Ruling the Countryside

→ On 12 August, 1765, the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal.

→ In 1770 a terrible famine killed ten million people in Bengal.

→ The Company finally introduced the Permanent Settlement in 1793.

→ The system of permanent settlement for the farmers was very oppressive.

→ The mahalwari settlement was set up in 1822 in the North-Western provinces of the Bengal presidency.

→ In the South Indian areas, ryotwar system was implemented instead of permanent settlement.

→ The British persuaded or forced Indian farmers to produce crops according to the needs of Europe.

→ By the late eighteenth century the Company was trying its best to expand the cultivation of opium and indigo.

→ Indian indigo was in great demand in Europe. Seeing the increasing demand for indigo the East India Company also started looking for ways to increase indigo cultivation in India.

→ The cultivation of indigo destroyed the farmers. They get very low prices for indigo, they always remain in debt, their land was not suitable for paddy cultivation. Finally, ryots in Bengal refused to grow indigo. After this boycott, indigo production in the gardens collapsed.