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ICSE Class 10 History & Civics Question 13 of 25

The First War of Independence, 1857 — Question 17

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Question 17

What did the British do to reduce the landed aristocracy to poverty?

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According to the provisions of the Inam Commission(1852), 20,000 estates were confiscated when the landlords failed to produce evidence like title deeds by which they held the land. These confiscated lands were sold by public auction to the highest bidders. This drove the landed aristocracy to poverty.