The EIC's Secret Revenue: The Khas Tariq and Land Tax

In the 1770s, the British East India Company faced a fiscal crisis after the famine of 1770 devastated Bengal. To shore up revenue, Warren Hastings introduced the khas tariq, a direct assessment of land revenue that bypassed traditional zamindars. This episode explores the khas tariq system: how it worked, why it failed, and its role in shaping the Permanent Settlement of 1793. We follow the story of a young revenue officer, John Shore, who later became Governor-General and implemented the controversial settlement. Along the way, we discuss the Famine of 1770, the dual government of Clive, the role of the zamindars, and the philosophical divide between Hastings and Philip Francis. The episode reveals how a desperate tax experiment laid the groundwork for a century of colonial land policy in India. #EastIndiaCompany #WarrenHastings #KhasTariq #PermanentSettlement #BengalFamine #JohnShore #PhilipFrancis #Zamindar #LandRevenue #BritishIndia #Colonialism #RevenueSystem #18thCentury #CompanyRule #DualGovernment #History #FexingoHistory #SouthAsianHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo