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Countryside bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Governor General of the 1793 settlement.
    Item
    Cornwallis
  2. Clue
    Pay by sunset or lose the estate.
    Item
    Sunset Law
  3. Clue
    Rich peasant of North Bengal.
    Item
    Jotedar
  4. Clue
    Purchase under a false name.
    Item
    Benami
  5. Clue
    1813 report to Parliament.
    Item
    Fifth Report
  6. Clue
    Land marked out for Santhals.
    Item
    Damin-i-Koh
  7. Clue
    Leader of the Santhal revolt.
    Item
    Sidhu Manjhi
  8. Clue
    Deccan settlement with cultivators.
    Item
    Ryotwari
  9. Clue
    Village where the 1875 riots began.
    Item
    Supa
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation

_Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 10, Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives._
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