British Policies and Impacts — Question 3

Three effects of the revenue systems introduced by the British in India were:

1. A new class of landlords was created. They exploited and tortured the peasants.
2. The peasants suffered as they remained at the mercy of the landlords. They became poorer.
3. Land became a saleable property. It could be mortgaged. This gave rise to the borrowing of money on the mortgage of land and the division of land into smaller units