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The Munro system- Ryotwari

 In the British territories in the south there was a similar move away from the

idea of Permanent Settlement. The new system that was devised came to be

known as the ryotwar (or ryotwari).

Captain Alexander Read tried on
After war with Tipu Sultan small scale in the area which was

taken over by Company

Thomas Munro was extended all
Read and Munro felt, no

traditional zamindars in South over south India.

Alexander Read

Settlement had to be Their fields were separately surveyed
directly done with before revenue assessment

cultivators(ryots)

Munro thought British should act as paternal father figures

protecting the ryots

Thomas Munro
Ryots/
Britishers No mediator
Cultivators