UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2009 · Q1(a) · 20 marks
‘Though the Permanent Settlement had serious defects , it gave tranquility to the countryside and stability to the government’.
- Chapter
- Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule
- Topic
- The Permanent Settlement
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