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" I may safely assert that one-third of the Company's territory in Hindustan is now a jungle inhabited only by wild beasts. "
Speeches and Papers on Indian Questions, 1901 and 1902 - Page 6
by Romesh Chunder Dutt - 1902 - 203 pages
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Speeches and Papers on Indian Questions, 1891 and 1902

Romesh Chunder Dutt - 1902 - 222 pages
...place as • new landlords ; and much land went out of cultivation* - When, at last, Lord Cornwall!? succeeded Warren Hastings as Governor General, he...vastly extended since that date, and the additional profit has remained in the country, and promoted the prosperity of the agricultural classes. But Lord...
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History of Bengal, Bihar & Orissa Under Britis Rule

Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley - 1925 - 816 pages
...agricultural economy of the country was upset. As late as 1789 Lord Cornwallis declared that he could " safely assert that onethird of the Company's territory...Hindustan is now a jungle inhabited only by wild beasts." In Purnea it was reported in 1788 that one- fourth of one of the largest parganas had been depopulated...
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The Wealth and Welfare of the Bengal Delta: Comprising the Districts of ...

Satyashraya Gopal Panandikar - 1926 - 378 pages
...a settlement with the zamindars could not be productive of much good unless it was made permanent. He wrote, " I may safely assert that one-third of...Hindustan is now a jungle inhabited only by wild beasts. Will a ten years' lease induce any proprietor to clear away that jungle, and encourage the raiyat to...
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An Introduction to India's Economic Development Since the Nineteenth Century

Amlan Datta - 1989 - 114 pages
...traditional restraints. This is confirmed by unimpeachable contemporary evidence. In 1789 Lord Comwallis wrote: "I may safely assert that onethird of the company's...Hindustan is now a jungle inhabited only by wild beasts." The effect of this state of affairs on agriculture can easily be imagined. No less ruinous were the...
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The Economic History of India Under Early British Rule: From the Rise of the ...

Romesh Chunder Dutt - 2000 - 466 pages
...not say of improvement — but of preventing desolation ? ... " I may safely assert that one- third of the Company's territory in Hindustan is now a jungle inhabited only by wild beasts. Will a ten-years' lease induce any proprietor to clear away that jungle, and encourage the Ryots to...
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Interstate Disputes Over Krishna Waters: Law, Science and Imperialism

Radha D'Souza - 2006 - 624 pages
...early as 1789, Governor General Cornwallis was compelled to report: "I may safely assert that one third of the Company's territory in Hindustan is now a jungle inhabited only by wild beasts" (quoted in, Dutt 1940, p. 116). In 1930, official reports continued to point out "land is going out...
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