Robert Clive, the governor of Bengal appointed native agencies who helped him collect the revenues on behalf of the Company. However, this system failed when Clive left India in 1767.
They hence forced the peasants to pay heavy dues as land taxes and forced artisans to sell their goods at very cheap rates. This drove the peasants and artisans away from their villages, which consequently led to a decline in the production of artisanal goods and agricultural crops. The economy of Bengal collapsed.
Bengal was struck by a terrible famine in 1770, which killed ten million people. The company therefore introduced many land revenue systems. In 1793, the Permanent Settlement system was introduced by Lord Cornwallis, the Governor-General of India.

Shifting cultivation is a form of agriculture which involves clearing of a plot of land by cutting of trees and burning them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops are grown. After the land has lost its fertility, it is abandoned.  The farmers then move to a new place.
Advantages:

• The best advantage of the shifting of the cultivation or the land on the hills side that is to provide the very easy and very fast method of the preparation of the land for the agriculture.
• The waste material of the field that is the bush and the weeds can be removed easily and that can be burn easily and can be obtaining the beneficial things for the cultivation. In this shifting cultivation the growth of the crops will start fast and in the sometimes only it will get ready for the harvest.
• In this shifting of the cultivation there is no any fear or the danger for the flood and the animals which destroy the crops. On the hills there are the streams of the mountain which provide the water to the crops easily on the regular and normal rate.

Various causes were responsible for the Revolt of 1857 . Political, social , economic , military and other factors contributed to the making of the Revolt of 1857. When he atmosphere was surcharged with an anti-British feelings the episode of the greased cartridges provided the spark which turned into a conflagration .
The new ' Enfield Rifle ' introduced by the British in the army needed a special type of cartridge which had greased paper cover . This paper had to be bitten off before the cartridge was loaded into the rifle - The Grease used in the paper was made of beef and pig fat .
This enraged both the Hindu and the Muslim sepoys both the religious communities felt that their religiouus were at stake . This worked as a spark in the magazine room and the mutiny began .

Impeachment is the process in which an official who is accused of violating the constitution or of any unlawful activity is removed from the office. For example, In case of Judiciary, if any judge is found guilty of violating the constitution, he can be removed (impeached in legal term) by the legislature.The Judges of the Supreme Court or High Court if found guilty of incapacity or misbehavior they can be impeached by the Parliament of India which requires 2/3rd majority by both the houses separately.

Chauth was a regular tax where one-fourth of the total produce was to be paid to the ruler.
Chauth is kind of tax which the small kingdoms or Dynasties have to pay to Marathas in order to protect their territory being invaded and conquered by Marathas.
Chauth is 25% of total revenue generated in the State and it is paid to the Marathas Sardas.

The Subsidiary Alliance system was used by Lord Wellesley, who was Governor-General of India from 1798-1805, to build an empire in India. Under the system, the allying Indian state's ruler was compelled to accept the permanent stationing of a British force within his territory and to pay a subsidy for its maintenance. Also, the Indian ruler had to agree to the posting of a British Resident in his court.
Under the Subsidiary Treaty, the Indian ruler could not employ any European in his service without the prior approval of the British. Nor could he negotiate with any other Indian ruler without consulting the Governor-General. In return for all this, the British agreed to defend the ruler from his enemies and adopt a policy of non-interference in the internal matters of the allied state.
Subsidiary Alliance brought immense gains for the East India Company by extending the areas under British control and bringing relative peace in subsidies and territory.
During the seven-year rule of Wellesley alone, over 100 small and big states of India signed the Subsidiary Treaty.

Plateau is also called the tableland.In geology and physical geography a plateau, is also called a high plain or a tableland. It is an area of a highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding area, often with one or more sides with steep slopes. 

The British landed on Indian Subcontinent at the port of Surat, August 24, 1608 AD for the purpose of trade, but after 7 years British got Royal order (i.e. Farman) to establish a factory at Surat under the leadership of Sir Thomas Roe (Ambassador of James I). Following this, the East India Company also got similar permission from the Vijaynagara Empire to set up their second factory in Madras.

• The parliament’s main function, as the absolute legislative authority, is to build fair and strong laws relating to all main union matters or matters enumerated in the union list. The members of either house bring proposals for new bills and laws before the parliament.
• The parliament of India has the power to amend the constitution.
• Another very important duty of the parliament is to monitor the judiciary system. The judiciary body is presided over by the President.
• The parliament needs to enact the budget and decide on ways and means to earn revenue for the public sector.

The Civil law lays emphasis on resolving the dispute like family dispute, rent matters, disputes relating to the sale and so forth. On the other hand, Criminal law stresses on punishment to the offender, who breaches the law by acts such as, murder, rape, theft, smuggling, etc.