In 1797, under a clause of which one of the following settlements, Raja of Burdwan’s estate was auctioned when he failed to pay the revenue to the East India Company?
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UPSC Geoscientist – 2020
– A strict ‘Sunset Clause’ was part of the Permanent Settlement, which mandated that revenue payments had to be made by a specified date (sunset). Failure to pay led to the auction of the Zamindar’s estate. The case of the Raja of Burdwan is a famous example of this clause being enforced.
– Mahalwari Settlement was introduced in parts of the North-Western Provinces, Punjab, etc., where revenue was settled with the village community or a group of villages (Mahal).
– Taluqdari is a system where Taluqdars collected revenue over an area, sometimes linked to other settlements but not the primary settlement under which the Burdwan auction took place.