History · Colonial Economy
UGC NET June 2023 History (Shift-II)
Which regulations gave zamindars the right to seize the property of the tenants in case of non-payment of rent without any permission of a court of law?
ARegulations of 1799 and 1812 ✓ Correct
BRegulations of 1800 and 1802
CRegulations of 1798 and 1806
DRegulations of 1801 and 1806
Correct answer: (A) Regulations of 1799 and 1812 — They were the regulations of 1799 and 1812, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★They were the regulations of 1799 and 1812, so that is the answer.
★The regulations of 1799 and 1812 gave zamindars the right to seize the property of the tenants in case of non-payment of rent without the permission of a court of law.
★The Regulation of 1799 of the Permanent Settlement armed zamindars with despotic powers over defaulting raiyats.
★The zamindar could now distrain their crops, cattle and other properties and sell them for recovering rent.
★Under the Regulation of 1812, zamindars got the right to lease out their land for any period.
★So the regulations were those of 1799 and 1812.
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