History · Colonial Land Revenue Systems
Why was the 'Sunset Law' particularly dreaded by the Zamindars under the Permanent Settlement system?
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- 1It automatically increased the baseline tax rate at sunset every year
- 2Failure to pay the designated revenue by sunset on a specified date led to the public auction of their estate✓
- 3It legally forced them to relocate from rural estates to designated urban areas
- 4It strictly stripped them of all their local judicial and policing powers at night
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Failure to pay the designated revenue by sunset on a specified date led to the public auction of their estate
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