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Where did Warren Hastings set up a Board of Revenue?
Where did Warren Hastings set up a Board of Revenue?
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The correct option is B Calcutta
Revenue
Administration: The whole revenue system was reorganized under the Hastings
plan of 1772. The revenue Boards at Murshidabad and Patna were abolished and a
supreme authority called the Board of Revenue was set up at Calcutta which
consisted of the Governor and all the members of the Council. The Treasury was
also shifted to Calcutta. Further, the district supervisors were appointed as
Collectors of revenue and also native Naib Diwans as heads of the native
executive in districts.
Revenue Administration: The whole revenue system was reorganized under the Hastings plan of 1772. The revenue Boards at Murshidabad and Patna were abolished and a supreme authority called the Board of Revenue was set up at Calcutta which consisted of the Governor and all the members of the Council. The Treasury was also shifted to Calcutta. Further, the district supervisors were appointed as Collectors of revenue and also native Naib Diwans as heads of the native executive in districts.
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