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Who was Governor General when the Permanent Settlement began?
AHastings
BWellesley
CCornwallis
DMackenzie
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Cornwallis
1. The settlement of 1793 is tied to one Governor General of Bengal.
2. Holt Mackenzie devised the later mahalwari system instead.
3. Cornwallis held the office when the settlement was introduced.
4. So the answer is Cornwallis.
_Source: NCERT Class 8 History Our Pasts III, Ch 3 'Ruling the Countryside'_
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