Homo Sapiens

Lord Hasting (1813-23) : episode 4

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Lord Hasting    (1813-23)
  • Gorkha war with Nepal → Treaty of Sagauli + Subsidiary alliance with Nepal
  • Third Anlgo Maratha War
    • Suppression Of Pindaris
    Full Suppression of Marathas
    • Established Ryotwari System of Land Revenue
      • Mainly in Madras, Bombay & Assam by Thomas Munroe
      Peasant personally responsible for direct payment of land revenue for 20-40 years
      50% land revenue for nor irrigated land & 60% for irrigated land
      • 1817 – Establishment of Hindu college at Calcutta For English & western education by Raja Rammohan Roy & David Hare
      • 1817 – Government also set up three Sanskrit colleges at Calcutta, Delhi and Agra
      • Encouraged freedom of press & abolished censorship issued in 1799 during Wellesley period
      • The first vernacular newspaper Samahar Patrika published during his time.
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