Who introduced the system of Mahalwari Settlement in Bengal?
Detailed Explanation:
The Mahalwari Settlement was introduced by Holt Mackenzie in 1822 in the North-Western Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh), not in Bengal.
Lord Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Settlement (1793) in Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha, while Lord Hastings was Governor-General during the initial experiments with Mahalwari system, but Holt Mackenzie as the Secretary to the Board of Revenue was the actual architect of the Mahalwari system.
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