●  Established in 1793, also known as Zamindari system by lord cornwallis

●  an agreement between the East India Company and Bengali landlords to fix revenues to be raised from land.

●  The Permanent Settlement was introduced first in Bengal and Bihar and later in the south district of Madras and Varanasi. This system eventually spread all over northern India.

●  These regulations remained in place until the Charter Act of 1833.

●  Introduced by Thomas Munro in 1820 based on system administered by Captain Alexander Read in the Baramahal District.

●  It allowed the government to deal directly with the cultivator ('ryot') for revenue collection and gave the peasant freedom to cede or acquire new land for cultivation.

●  The peasant was assessed for only the lands that he cultivated.

●  This was practiced in the Madras and Bombay areas, as well as Assam and Coorg provinces.