Mains Paper I · 1 AP Social & Cultural History · 1.13 Colonial revenue and economy in Andhra

1.13.2 Ceded Districts 1800 and Munro's ryotwari settlement

The Nizam ceded the districts later called Rayalaseema to the Company in 1800; as Principal Collector (1800–1807) Thomas Munro subdued the palegars and settled revenue directly with each cultivator, the ryotwari system that became the rule in Madras from 1820.

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Key terms

  • Ceded Districts
  • Datta Mandalalu
  • Rayalaseema
  • Nandyal 1928
  • Chilukuri Narayana Rao
  • Bellary
  • Anantapur
  • Kadapa
  • Cuddapah
  • Kurnool
  • Thomas Munro
  • Principal Collector 1800
  • palegars
  • ryotwari
  • ryot
  • Alexander Read
  • Baramahal 1792
  • 1808 division
  • village lease
  • 1820
  • Governor of Madras
  • Pattikonda 1827
  • Munrolappa
  • Holt Mackenzie
  • mahalwari 1822
  • Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy

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