The Summary Settlement of 1856 was based on which one of the following assumptions?
The Talukdars were the rightful owners of the land.
The Talukdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in the land.
The Talukdars could evict the peasants from the lands.
The Talukdars would take a portion of the revenue which flowed to the State.
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UPSC CDS-1 – 2019
When the British annexed Awadh in 1856, they implemented a Summary Settlement with the aim of settling land revenue directly with the village proprietors, bypassing the Talukdars (large landholders). This policy was based on the assumption that the Talukdars were recent creations, often tax collectors or adventurers who had usurped their position and did not have historical rights or ‘permanent stakes’ in the land, unlike the village communities.